17 May 2009
A Certain Tendency of the Hollywood Cinema, 1930-1980 (Paperback)
Review
An informative and stimulating book that explores our popular mythology through illuminating discussions of commercially successful films ranging from Casablanca to Taxi Driver. (New York Times Book Review )
An analysis of the ideolog...
16 May 2009
Hollywood Warts 'n' All (Paperback)
Hollywood Warts ‘N’ All is an anthology of scandal, trivia and anecdotes about the first one hundred years of American cinema. For more than a decade the author has gleaned thousands of items from hundreds of films, biographies and m...
Classical Film Violence: Designing and Regulating Brutality in Hollywood Cinema, 1930-1968 (Paperback)
Stephen Prince has written the first book to examine the interplay between the aesthetics and the censorship of violence in classic Hollywood films from 1930 to 1968, the era of the Production Code, when filmmakers were required to have their script...
From Hanoi to Hollywood: The Vietnam War in American Film (Paperback)
From Library Journal
Mass media representations of the Vietnam War both reflect and impact upon public perceptions and assessments of U.S. history. Editors Dittmar (English, Univ. of Massachusetts) and Michaud (media coordinator, Univ. of Mass...
15 May 2009
Grand Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise, 1930-1939 (History of the American Cinema , No 5) (Paperback)
Review
“A work of major importance for the serious study of American film.” — Dana Polan, Film Quarterly”Fascinating. . . . Grand Design gives the most convincing picture yet of how the Hollywood system operated...
14 May 2009
Vanity Fair's Tales of Hollywood: Rebels, Reds, and Graduates and the Wild Stories Behind the Making of 13 IconicFilms (Paperback)
From Booklist
These lively essays from Vanity Fair reveal the stories behind 13 iconic films. The attitude taken toward several of these baker’s-dozen movies is, however, more ironic than reverent. But the circumstances surrounding the makin...
13 May 2009
How the War Was Remembered: Hollywood and Vietnam (Paperback)
Review
“. . .the definitive critical text on the Vietnam cinema.”–Film Quarterly;>“This is one of the few readable books about Vietnam Films. . . . How the War War Remembered is a valuable read.”–Radio Centre Ville;>
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08 May 2009
Hollywood Warts 'n' All (Paperback)
Hollywood Warts ‘N’ All is an anthology of scandal, trivia and anecdotes about the first one hundred years of American cinema. For more than a decade the author has gleaned thousands of items from hundreds of films, biographies and m...
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