| Description |
xi, 340 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Summary |
The book takes the reader on a cinematic road trip through Hollywood history and Connecticut geography. Illeana Douglas, an actor and film historian from Connecticut, defines how the perception of on-screen Connecticut has shifted more than that of any other New England state over the decades and provides some surprising conclusions about just what it means to be a "Connecticut movie." Filled with behind-the-scenes stories as well as her own personal snapshots of the places where these films were made. |
| Contents |
Silent films of Connecticut -- Country living comedies -- Christmas in Connecticut -- The dream of suburbia -- Suburban sex comedies -- Dark suburbia -- Location, location, location: the town is the star -- Crimes and misdemeanors -- Connecticut cameos -- Hometown drama: the films of Eugene O'Neill -- Connecticut history -- Dark suburbia redux -- Creepy Connecticut -- The changing landscape and a search for identity -- Coming home. |
| Subject |
Motion picture locations -- Connecticut.
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Connecticut -- In motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Film criticism.
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| ISBN |
149307573X (hardcover) |
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9781493075737 (hardcover) |
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