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The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies
David Bordwell
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Paperback. Hollywood moviemaking is one of the constants of American life, but how much has it changed since the glory days of the big studios? This book argues that the principles of visual storytelling created in the studio era are alive and well. Num Pages: 309 pages, 157 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586. Story and Style in Modern Movies. 309 pages, 157 b/w photographs. Hollywood moviemaking is one of the constants of American life, but how much has it changed since the glory days of the big studios? This book argues that the principles of visual storytelling created in the studio era are alive and well. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APF. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight: 600.
Hollywood moviemaking is one of the constants of American life, but how much has it changed since the glory days of the big studios? David Bordwell argues that the principles of visual storytelling created in the studio era are alive and well, even in today's bloated blockbusters. American filmmakers have created a durable tradition-one that we should not be ashamed to call artistic, and one that survives in both mainstream entertainment and niche-marketed indie cinema. Bordwell traces the continuity of this tradition in a wide array of films made since 1960, from romantic comedies like Jerry Maguire and Love Actually ... Read more
Hollywood moviemaking is one of the constants of American life, but how much has it changed since the glory days of the big studios? David Bordwell argues that the principles of visual storytelling created in the studio era are alive and well, even in today's bloated blockbusters. American filmmakers have created a durable tradition-one that we should not be ashamed to call artistic, and one that survives in both mainstream entertainment and niche-marketed indie cinema. Bordwell traces the continuity of this tradition in a wide array of films made since 1960, from romantic comedies like Jerry Maguire and Love Actually ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
309
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
584g
Number of Pages
309
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520246225
SKU
V9780520246225
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About David Bordwell
David Bordwell is Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies and Hilldale Professor of Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Among his books are Figures Traced in Light: On Cinematic Staging, Film History: An Introduction (with Kristin Thompson, 2002), Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment, and On the History of Film Style.
Reviews for The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies
"David Bordwell is our best writer on the cinema. He is deeply informed about films, he loves them, and he writes about them with a clarity and perception that makes the prose itself a joy to read. Because he sees movies so freshly and deeply he isn't deceived by the usual categories and finds excellence and experiment in unexpected places." ... Read more