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Mark Shiel - Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles - 9781861899026 - V9781861899026
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Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles

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Description for Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles Hardcover. In Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles, Mark Shiel explores Los Angeles from the invention of motion pictures in the 1890s to the decline of the studio system in the 1950s. Written by an expert in the history and theory of cinema and the city, this book describes the ever-changing cinematic image of Los Angeles. Num Pages: 336 pages, 147 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; APF; KNTC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 634.
Los Angeles: the 'City of Angels'. Whether this epithet evokes sunshine and beaches, glamorous movie stars or the possibility of fame, many around the world have a fantasy of this enchanting, impossible place stored in their minds. Its reality is as much the record of the place on film as the 'real' Los Angeles. This is because Los Angeles is first and foremost a city of cinema, both in the movies that are made there, and the filmed image of the place, either recorded on location or recreated in a studio set. In Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles, Mark Shiel explores Los Angeles from the invention of motion pictures in the 1890s to the decline of the studio system in the 1950s, describing the ever-changing cinematic image of the city, and the ways in which its representations reflected and manipulated its physical geography. Shiel shows how the construction of studios helped to change the shape of Los Angeles, and how Hollywood not only contributed to but also complicated its economic, political, social and cultural life. The author describes the incredibly popular films that were produced during this time, from the early slapstick comedies to film noir, arguing that the histories of Los Angeles and its film industry cannot be understood in isolation from each other. Shiel gives a close analysis of narrative, mise en scene, cinematography, editing and other elements of film style, concentrating on the ways in which filmmakers engaged with the architecture of the city both inside the studios and on location in California. Written by an expert in the history and theory of cinema and the city, Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles in a must-read for anyone interested in Hollywood movies, or the history and architecture of Los Angeles. As well as being illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, the book offers an in-depth view of the city that has never been seen before.

Product Details

Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
623g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861899026
SKU
V9781861899026
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About Mark Shiel
Mark Shiel is Senior Lecturer in film studies at Kings College London. He is the author of Italian Neorealism: Rebuilding the Cinematic City (2006), and co-editor of Cinema and the City: Film and Urban Societies in a Global Context (2001) and Screening the City (2003).

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