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Directing: Behind the Silver Screen: A Modern History of Filmmaking
Wright Wrexman Virg
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Description for Directing: Behind the Silver Screen: A Modern History of Filmmaking
Hardback. How directors have shaped Hollywood's history Series: Behind the Silver Screen. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN; APFX; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Of all the artisans who work in the American film industry, directors have been given the lion's share of attention. Yet few books in this literature address the ways directors have worked with others and have negotiated the constraints and opportunities posed by a complex production process and a sprawling commercial industry. Directing fills this gap. It provides the historical context necessary to understand the key role of directors in the Hollywood system. It covers iconic directors like Cecil B. DeMille, Francis Ford Coppola and Terrence Malik. It also shows how a selection of remarkable filmmakers confronted issues encountered during ... Read more
Of all the artisans who work in the American film industry, directors have been given the lion's share of attention. Yet few books in this literature address the ways directors have worked with others and have negotiated the constraints and opportunities posed by a complex production process and a sprawling commercial industry. Directing fills this gap. It provides the historical context necessary to understand the key role of directors in the Hollywood system. It covers iconic directors like Cecil B. DeMille, Francis Ford Coppola and Terrence Malik. It also shows how a selection of remarkable filmmakers confronted issues encountered during ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Behind the Silver Screen
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781788310376
SKU
V9781788310376
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99-10
About Wright Wrexman Virg
Professor Emerita, Department of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she teaches courses on film history, film genres, film authorship and national cinemas. Her books include Creating the Couple: Love, Marriage and Hollywood Performance, Roman Polanski, and A History of Film. She served as President of the Society for Cinema Studies from 1993 to 1995.
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