Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
| AUTHOR | Harris, Mark |
| PUBLISHER | Penguin Books (02/01/2009) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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One of The Hollywood Reporter's 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time "Pictures at a Revolution is probably one of the best books I've ever read in my life." --Quentin Tarantino The New York Times bestseller that follows the making of five films at a pivotal time in Hollywood history In the mid-1960s, westerns, war movies, and blockbuster musicals like Mary Poppins swept the box office. The Hollywood studio system was astonishingly lucrative for the few who dominated the business. That is, until the tastes of American moviegoers radically- and unexpectedly-changed. By the Oscar ceremonies of 1968, a cultural revolution had hit Hollywood with the force of a tsunami, and films like Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, and box-office bomb Doctor Doolittle signaled a change in Hollywood-and America. And as an entire industry changed and struggled, careers were suddenly made and ruined, studios grew and crumbled, and the landscape of filmmaking was altered beyond all recognition.
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ISBN-13:
9780143115038
ISBN-10:
0143115030
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
512
Carton Quantity:
28
Product Dimensions:
5.50 x 1.20 x 8.40 inches
Weight:
1.00 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Price on Product - Canadian,
Price on Product,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism
Performing Arts | United States - 20th Century
Performing Arts | Popular Culture
Grade Level:
College Freshman
and up
Dewey Decimal:
791.430
Library of Congress Control Number:
2007032633
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One of The Hollywood Reporter's 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time "Pictures at a Revolution is probably one of the best books I've ever read in my life." --Quentin Tarantino The New York Times bestseller that follows the making of five films at a pivotal time in Hollywood history In the mid-1960s, westerns, war movies, and blockbuster musicals like Mary Poppins swept the box office. The Hollywood studio system was astonishingly lucrative for the few who dominated the business. That is, until the tastes of American moviegoers radically- and unexpectedly-changed. By the Oscar ceremonies of 1968, a cultural revolution had hit Hollywood with the force of a tsunami, and films like Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, and box-office bomb Doctor Doolittle signaled a change in Hollywood-and America. And as an entire industry changed and struggled, careers were suddenly made and ruined, studios grew and crumbled, and the landscape of filmmaking was altered beyond all recognition.
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Author:
Harris, Mark
For fifteen years, Mark Harris worked as a writer and editor covering movies, television and books for "Entertainment Weekly," where he now writes the "Final Cut" back-page column. He has written about pop culture for several other magazines as well. A graduate of Yale University, he lives in New York City with his husband, Tony Kushner.
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