A History of American Movies: A Film-by-Film Look at the Art, Craft, and Business of CinemaRowman & Littlefield, 14 jun 2023 - 342 pagina's In A History of American Movies: A Film-by-Film Look at the Art, Craft and Business of Cinema, Paul Monaco provides a survey of the narrative feature film from the 1920s to the present. The book focuses on 170 of the most highly regarded and recognized feature films selected by the Hollywood establishment: each Oscar winner for Best Picture, as well as those voted the greatest by members of the American Film Institute. By focusing on a select group of films that represent the epitome of these collaborations, Monaco provides an essential history of one of the modern world's most complex and successful cultural institutions: Hollywood. Divided into three sections, "Classic Hollywood, 1927-1948," "Hollywood In Transition, 1949-1974," and "The New Hollywood, 1975 To The Present," Monaco examines some of the most memorable works in cinematic history, including The General, Wings, Bringing Up Baby, Gone with the Wind, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, On the Waterfront, The Searchers, Psycho, West Side Story, The Godfat |
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Chapter 3 Classic Hollywood Takes Form | 43 |
Chapter 4 Banner Years | 59 |
Chapter 5 Red White Blue and Noir | 83 |
Chapter 6 Postwar Triumphs and Reversals | 97 |
Part II HOLLYWOOD IN TRANSITION 19491974 | 113 |
Chapter 7 Postwar Unravelings | 115 |
Part III NEW HOLLYWOOD 19752009 | 215 |
Chapter 12 Origins of Hollywood Divided | 217 |
Chapter 13 Mixed Styles Mixed Messages | 233 |
Chapter 14 Hollywood in the 1980s | 245 |
Chapter 15 New Hollywood Enters the Digital Age | 273 |
Chapter 16 Hollywood Enters the TwentyFirst Century | 313 |
Conclusion | 335 |
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