Way Hollywood Tells It Story and Style in Modern Movies

Name: Way Hollywood Tells It Story and Style in Modern Movies
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ISBN: 9780520246225

ISBN-10: 0520246225

ISBN-13: 9780520246225

Edition: 2006

Authors: David Bordwell

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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 likeJerry MaguireandLove Actuallyto more imposing efforts likeA Beautiful Mind. He also draws upon testimony…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/10/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 309
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Beyond the Blockbuster



A Real Story



Continuing Tradition, by Any Means Necessary



Pushing the Premises



Subjective Stories and Network Narratives



A Certain Amount of Plot: Tentpoles, Locomotives, Blockbusters, Megapictures, and the Action Movie



A Stylish Style



Intensified Continuity: Four Dimensions



Some Likely Sources



Style, Plain and Fancy



What's Missing?



A Hollywood Timeline, 1960-2004



Notes


Index