A history of American movies: a film-by-film look at the art, craft, and business of cinema
2010; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 48; Issue: 04 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.48-1965
ISSN1943-5975
Autores Tópico(s)Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
ResumoIn 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. book focuses on 170 of the most highly regarded and recognized feature films selected by the 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 Present, Monaco examines some of the most memorable works in cinematic history, including General, Wings, Bringing Up Baby, Gone with the Wind, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, On the Waterfront, Searchers, Psycho, West Side Story, Godfather, Cabaret, Raging Bull, Rain Man, Toy Story, and Saving Private Ryan. This is the only book that thoroughly treats Hollywood-and the most significant movies that it has made-simultaneously as the coming together of an art, a craft, and a business. This approach provides unique insight into the workings of one of the most accomplished and successful art forms in human history: the feature film.
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