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ABCs of Classic Hollywood by Robert B. Ray (2008, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195322924
ISBN-139780195322927
eBay Product ID (ePID)57204510
Product Key Features
Book TitleAbcs of Classic Hollywood
Number of Pages432 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFilm / General, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year2008
IllustratorYes
GenrePerforming Arts
AuthorRobert B. Ray
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height2.4 in
Item Weight22.5 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-038592
Reviews"One of the virtues of Robert B. Ray's marvelous The ABC's of Classic Hollywood is its grasp of the parts that hazard and happenstance play in even the most controlled filmmaking arena. There is almost as much jouissance to be had from this book as there is from the movies it discusses." -Times Literary Supplement"Film theory as pure, enlightened pleasure. Each entry is designed to explicate and yet, at the same time, propagate the mystique of cinema."-Sight & Sound, "One of the virtues of Robert B. Ray's marvelous The ABC's of Classic Hollywood is its grasp of the parts that hazard and happenstance play in even the most controlled filmmaking arena. There is almost as much jouissance to be had from this book as there is from the movies it discusses." -Times Literary Supplement "Film theory as pure, enlightened pleasure. Each entry is designed to explicate and yet, at the same time, propagate the mystique of cinema."-Sight & Sound, "One of the virtues of Robert B. Ray's marvelous The ABC's of Classic Hollywood is its grasp of the parts that hazard and happenstance play in even the most controlled filmmaking arena. There is almost as much jouissance to be had from this book as there is from the movies it discusses." - Times Literary Supplement "Film theory as pure, enlightened pleasure. Each entry is designed to explicate and yet, at the same time, propagate the mystique of cinema."- Sight & Sound, "One of the virtues of Robert B. Ray's marvelousThe ABC's of Classic Hollywoodis its grasp of the parts that hazard and happenstance play in even the most controlled filmmaking arena. There is almost as much jouissance to be had from this book as there is from the movies it discusses." -TimesLiterary Supplement "Film theory as pure, enlightened pleasure. Each entry is designed to explicate and yet, at the same time, propagate the mystique of cinema."-Sight & Sound
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal791.430973
SynopsisSpeaking about the kind of filmmaking now known as Classic Hollywood, the most popular and influential cinema ever invented, Vincente Minnelli once gave away its secret: "I feel that a picture that stays with you is made up of a hundred or more hidden things. They're things that the audience is not conscious of, but that accumulate." How would we go about finding those things? What method would enable us to retrieve them, and by doing so, to understand better how Hollywood films got made? The ABCs of Classic Hollywood attempts to answer those questions by looking closely at four movies from the 1930-1945 period when the American Studio System reached the peak of its economic and cultural power: Grand Hotel, The Philadelphia Story, The Maltese Falcon, and Meet Me in St. Louis. To avoid the predictable generalizations that have plagued Film Studies, Ray works with the movies' details, treated as initially mysterious, but promising, clues: e.g., Grand Hotel's coffin and room assignments; The Philadelphia Story's diving board and license plate PA55; The Maltese Falcon's clocks and missing bed; Meet Me in St. Louis's violinist and ribboned cat. By producing at least 26 entries for each of these films (one for every letter of the alphabet), Ray demonstrates that a movie's details contain the record of the work and ideas that produced them, the endless negotiation between commercial efficiency and seductive enchantment. In our unconscious memories, we recognize something in the movies, something tantalizing and just out of reach. This book unlocks those memories, making them conscious and explicit, so that they will help us understand the most powerful and important storytelling system ever designed., Speaking about the kind of filmmaking now known as Classic Hollywood, the most popular and influential cinema ever invented, Vincente Minnelli once gave away its secret: "I feel that a picture that stays with you is made up of a hundred or more hidden things. They're things that the audience is not conscious of, but that accumulate." What are those hidden things? Can we invent a method that will enable us to discover them? Robert Ray attempts to answer those questions by looking closely at four movies from the 1930-1945 period when the American studio system reached the peak of its economic and cultural power: Grand Hotel, The Philadelphia Story, The Maltese Falcon, and Meet Me in St. Louis. To avoid the predictable generalizations that have plagued film studies, Ray works with the movies' details- Grand Hote l's room assignments or Meet Me in St. Louis 's ketchup-which are treated as mysterious but promising clues. By producing at least one entry for every letter of the alphabet, Ray demonstrates that a movie's details have much to tell us. The ABCs of Classic Hollywood is a movie primer, a deceptively simple book that spells out a fascinating account of the most powerful storytelling system ever designed., Speaking about the kind of filmmaking now known as Classic Hollywood, the most popular and influential cinema ever invented, Vincente Minnelli once gave away its secret: "I feel that a picture that stays with you is made up of a hundred or more hidden things. They're things that the audience is not conscious of, but that accumulate." What are those hidden things? Can we invent a method that will enable us to discover them? Robert Ray attempts to answer those questions by looking closely at four movies from the 1930-1945 period when the American studio system reached the peak of its economic and cultural power: Grand Hotel, The Philadelphia Story, The Maltese Falcon, and Meet Me in St. Louis. To avoid the predictable generalizations that have plagued film studies, Ray works with the movies' details-Grand Hotel's room assignments or Meet Me in St. Louis's ketchup-which are treated as mysterious but promising clues. By producing at least one entry for every letter of the alphabet, Ray demonstrates that a movie's details have much to tell us. The ABCs of Classic Hollywood is a movie primer, a deceptively simple book that spells out a fascinating account of the most powerful storytelling system ever designed.
LC Classification NumberPN1993.5.U6R377 2007
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