| Description |
x, 411 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| 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 -- The culmination of classic Hollywood: Casablanca -- Classic Hollywood's holding pattern: the combat films of World War II -- pt. 2. The postwar period (1946-1966) The dissolution of the homogeneous audience and Hollywood's response: cult films, problem pictures, and inflation -- The 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. The contemporary period (1967-1980) The 1960s: frontier metaphors, developing self-consciousness, and new waves -- The left and right cycles -- The godfather and Taxi driver |
| Analysis |
Geschichte 1930-1980 |
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CASABLANCA (US, Michael Curtiz, 1942) |
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CULT FILMS. USA |
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FILM NOIR. USA |
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GODFATHER, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) |
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HOLLYWOOD |
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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) |
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MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, THE (US, John Ford, 1962) |
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MUSICALS. USA |
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TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976) |
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WESTERNS |
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WORLD WAR II FILMS. USA |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [389]-397 |
| Subject |
Motion picture plays -- History and criticism.
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Motion picture plays, American -- History and criticism.
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
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| LC no. |
84042901 |
| ISBN |
0691047278 (hbk.) |
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0691101744 (paperback) |
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9780691047270 (hbk.) |
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9780691101743 (paperback) |
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