Hollywood cinema and the real Los Angeles / / Mark Shiel

• Autore: Shiel Mark
• Pubblicazione: London, : Reaktion Books, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (338 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.430979494
• Soggetto topico: Motion picture industry - California - Los Angeles - History; Motion pictures - Production and direction - California - Los Angeles - History
• Soggetto geografico: Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) History; Los Angeles (Calif.) History 20th century; Los Angeles (Calif.) In motion pictures
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Trace; 2. Navigation; 3. The Simulacrum; 4. Geopolitical Pressure Point; Epilogue; Appendix; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Hollywood cinema and Los Angeles cannot be understood apart. Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles traces the interaction of the real city, its movie business, and filmed image, focusing on the crucial period from the construction of the first studios in the 1910's to the decline of the studio system fifty years later.As Los Angeles gradually became one of the ten largest cities in the world, the film industry made key contributions to its rapid growth and frequent crises in economic, social, political and cultural life. Whether filmmakers engaged with the real city o
• Titolo autorizzato: Hollywood cinema and the real Los Angeles
• ISBN: 1-86189-940-8; 1-299-19107-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821372503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II