| Description |
1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Behind the silver screen ; 8 |
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Behind the silver screen (Series) ; 8.
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| Summary |
"This book explores the social, political, and economic implications of the changing craft of American screenwriting from the silent screen through the classical Hollywood years, the rise of independent cinema, and on to the contemporary global multi-media marketplace. From The Birth of a Nation (1915), Gone With the Wind (1939), and Gentleman's Agreement (1947) to Chinatown (1974), American Beauty (1999), and Lost in Translation (2003), each project began as writers with pen and ink, typewriters, or computers captured the hopes and dreams, the nightmares and concerns of the periods in which they were writing. As the contributors take us behind the silver screen to chronicle the history of screenwriting, they spotlight a range of key screenplays that changed the game in Hollywood and beyond." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-185) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Julian Hoxter -- Machine to Screen: The Evolution toward Story, 1895-1928 / J. Madison Davis -- Classical Hollywood, 1928-1946 / Mark Eaton -- Postwar Hollywood, 1947-1967 / Jon Lewis -- The Auteur Renaissance, 1968-1980 / Kevin Alexander Boon -- The New Hollywood, 1980-1999 / Julian Hoxter -- The Modern Entertainment Marketplace, 2000-present / Mark J. Charney -- Academy Award Winners for Screenwriting. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Motion picture authorship -- History.
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Motion picture industry -- United States -- History.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric.
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REFERENCE / Writing Skills.
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Motion picture authorship. (OCoLC)fst01027122
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Motion picture industry. (OCoLC)fst01027150
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Literature, Modern -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Horton, Andrew, 1944- editor of compilation.
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Hoxter, Julian, editor of compilation.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Screenwriting 9780813563411 (DLC) 2013042857 (OCoLC)862102574 |
| ISBN |
9780813563428 (electronic bk.) |
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0813563429 (electronic bk.) |
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1322149623 (electronic bk.) |
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9781322149622 (electronic bk.) |
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