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Evading the issue : Hollywood and the social problem film / / Amanda J. Field



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Autore: Field Amanda J. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Evading the issue : Hollywood and the social problem film / / Amanda J. Field Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Gosport, [England] : , : Chaplin Books, , 2015
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (30 p.)
Disciplina: 791.4301
Soggetto topico: Motion picture plays, American - History and criticism
Motion pictures - Social aspects - United States
Soggetto geografico: Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) History
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Evading the Issue; Hollywood and the Social Problem Film; Additional Media; Illustrations; Back Matter; Bibliography; Filmography; Also Available
Sommario/riassunto: Tino Balio, in his book The American Film Industry, said that the Production Code meant that American films could not deal with political or social issues 'in an honest and truthful fashion'. This incisive essay tests out the legitimacy of Balio's claims, using The Lost Weekend (directed by Billy Wilder, 1945) as an example of the Hollywood 'problem film'. Rather than treating the film as being an entity with a single, unchanging meaning, it is put into its historical and social context, in ...
Titolo autorizzato: Evading the issue  Visualizza cluster
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910817056803321
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Serie: Short Takes Film Studies