Steven Cohan

Hollywood by Hollywood

The Backstudio Picture and the Mystique of Making Movies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The backstudio picture, or the movie about movie-making, harks back to the silent era and extends to the present day. Covering the hundred-year timespan of feature length film production, this original study of a longstanding yet unrecognized genre offers an illuminating perspective for considering anew the history of American movies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 180mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 609g
• ISBN-13: 9780190865771
• ISBN-10: 0190865776
• Artikelnr.: 52404639

Autorenporträt

Steven Cohan is Dean's Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Film and Screen Studies in the Department of English at Syracuse University.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
About the companion website
List of illustrations in the book
List of illustrations on the website
List of film clips on the website
Introduction: The Backstudio Picture
Chapter 1. Self-Reflexive Hollywood
Chapter 2. Elusive Hollywood
Chapter 3. Movie-Struck Hollywood
Chapter 4. Monstrous Hollywood
Chapter 5. Masculine Hollywood
Chapter 6. Historical Hollywood
Chapter 7. Virtual Hollywood
Conclusion
Works Cited
Filmography
Index