Screening the World

Stuart Hanson is Associate Professor at De Montfort University, UK. He is author of From Silent Screen to Multi-Screen: A History of Cinema Exhibition in Britain Since 1896 (2007) and a range of articles and chapters on the development of the multiplex cinema.

• 1. Introduction.- Part One: The Multiplex Cinema in the USA.- 2. The origins of the multiplex in the USA.- 3. The emergence of the multiplex in the USA.- 4. From multiplex to megaplex.- Part Two: The Multiplex Cinema in Britain.- 5. Exporting the multiplex to Britain.- 6. The multiplex is consolidated in Britain.- 7. Multiplexes move out-of-town and back again.- Part Three: The Multiplex Cinema in Europe.- 8. The multiplex in Belgium, Netherlands and Scandinavia.- 9. The multiplex in Germany and France.- Part Four: The Multiplex Cinema in Pacific-Asia.- 10. The multiplex in Australia.- 11. The multiplex in Japan, South Korea and China.- 12. Conclusion: The multiplex as a global form.