| Description |
x, 411 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 389-397. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Classic Hollywood (1930-1945): A certain tendency of the American cinema: classic Hollywood's formal and thematic paradigms -- Real and disguised Westerns: classic Hollywood's variations of its thematic paradigms -- Culmination of classic Hollywood: Casablanca -- Classic Hollywood's holding pattern: the combat films of World War II -- pt. 2. Postwar period (1946-1966): Dissolution of the homogeneous audience and Hollywood's response: cult films, problem pictures, and inflation -- Discrepancy between intent and effect: Film noir, youth rebellion pictures, musicals, and Westerns -- Its a wonderful life and The man who shot Liberty Valance -- pt. 3. Contemporary period (1967-1980): The 1960s: frontier metaphors, developing self-consciousness, and new waves -- Left and right cycles -- Godfather and Taxi driver. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
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Motion pictures. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Motion picture plays, American -- History and criticism.
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Motion picture plays, American. |
| ISBN |
0691047278 alkaline paper $45.00 |
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9780691101743 paperback |
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9780691047270 alkaline paper |
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0691101744 paperback $14.50 |
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