Directing /

When a film is acclaimed, the director usually gets the lion's share of the credit. Yet the movie director's job-especially the collaborations and compromises it involves-remains little understood. The latest volume in the Behind the Silver Screen series, this collection provides the first...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wexman, Virginia Wright (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2017]
Series:Behind the silver screen (Series) ; 5
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Virginia Wright Wexman
  • The silent screen, 1895-1927: Cecil B. DeMille shapes the director's role / Charlie Keil
  • Classical Hollywood, 1928 to 1946: the company man and the boy genius / William Luhr
  • Postwar Hollywood, 1947-1967: on dangerous ground / Sarah Kozloff
  • The auteur renaissance, 1968-1980: a culture of rebellion / Daniel Langford
  • The new Hollywood, 1981-1999: three case studies / Thomas Schatz
  • The modern entertainment marketplace, 2000-present: revolutions at every scale / J. D. Connor
  • Academy awards for directing
  • Introduction / Virginia Wright Wexman
  • The silent screen, 1895-1927: Cecil B. DeMille shapes the director's role / Charlie Keil
  • Classical Hollywood, 1928 to 1946: the company man and the boy genius / William Luhr
  • Postwar Hollywood, 1947-1967: on dangerous ground / Sarah Kozloff
  • The auteur renaissance, 1968-1980: a culture of rebellion / Daniel Langford
  • The new Hollywood, 1981-1999: three case studies / Thomas Schatz
  • The modern entertainment marketplace, 2000-present: revolutions at every scale / J.D. Connor
  • Academy awards for directing