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The Hidden Art of Hollywood: In Defense of the Studio Era Film
John Fawell
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Description for The Hidden Art of Hollywood: In Defense of the Studio Era Film
Hardback. Offers a means of appreciating classic American movies. This book considers criticism of Hollywood, and gives filmmakers the chance to explain a very elusive phenomenon: the glancing beauty of the Hollywood film. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Although we tend to accord our highest praise to films with strong messages, Hollywood is resolutely unserious in its goals, and closer perhaps to music than to literature in this regard. Thus, in order to appreciate Hollywood's classic movies, we have to understand them as the result of a style of filmmaking that justifies itself through the grace and beauty of its form. This beauty, when seen, challenges our notion of film as the poorer cousin of the high arts, or as worthwhile only when it serves a social purpose. The Hidden Art of Hollywood draws from a huge fund ... Read more
Although we tend to accord our highest praise to films with strong messages, Hollywood is resolutely unserious in its goals, and closer perhaps to music than to literature in this regard. Thus, in order to appreciate Hollywood's classic movies, we have to understand them as the result of a style of filmmaking that justifies itself through the grace and beauty of its form. This beauty, when seen, challenges our notion of film as the poorer cousin of the high arts, or as worthwhile only when it serves a social purpose. The Hidden Art of Hollywood draws from a huge fund ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780313356926
SKU
V9780313356926
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About John Fawell
John Fawell is associate professor at Boston University.
Reviews for The Hidden Art of Hollywood: In Defense of the Studio Era Film
Discusses aesthetic, thematic, and other aspects of classic Hollywood filmmaking.
The Chronicle Review
…Written in seamless prose and displaying a mild disdain for contemporary Hollywood, this book is part textbook, part criticism, supported by an adequate bibliography, endnotes, and black-and-white reproductions. Recommended. Lower-and upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, general readers.
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The Chronicle Review
…Written in seamless prose and displaying a mild disdain for contemporary Hollywood, this book is part textbook, part criticism, supported by an adequate bibliography, endnotes, and black-and-white reproductions. Recommended. Lower-and upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, general readers.
Choice
. . . a ... Read more