Power SurgeConglomerate Hollywood and the Studio System's Last Hurrah\nAuthor(s): Thomas Schatz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of California Press, United States\nImprint: University of California Press\nISBN-13: 9780520415805, 978-0520415805\nSynopsis\n[An]impressive work . . . an entertaining pop history\""The Wall Street Journal\n\nFrom the author of The Genius of the System, the classic tale of Hollywoods first golden age, comes the story of its last.\n\nThomas Schatz returns us to an era when a newly enriched movie industry rediscovered its creative energy, and indie went mainstream without losing its edge.\n\nBetween 1989 and 2004, all the old studios either merged with other media giants or were swallowed up by even bigger diversified behemoths, leading to an infusion of money and fast-tracking the digital revolution. Yet even as CGI and piles of cash fueled a new breed of blockbustersBatman and Titanic, Toy Story and The Lord of the Ringsan indie ethos permeated the .