In the 1970s, independent directors freed from the budgetary and aesthetic limitations imposed by studio moguls were the New Hollywood. This book assesses both the successes and failures of the New Hollywood.
In the 1970s, independent directors freed from the budgetary and aesthetic limitations imposed by studio moguls were the New Hollywood. This book asse...
This work seeks to illuminate the art of George Cukor, the director of some of the most acclaimed and popular films ever to come out of Hollywood. Eight films, ranging in time from David Copperfield (1935) to Rich and Famous (1981) and in mood from the fairy-tale comedy of The Philadelphia Story to the intense melodrama of Cukor's masterpiece, A Star is Born, are closely analyzed in search for the elusive secret of Cukor's art. The search reveals that through his long and varied body of work Cukor was preoccupied with certain themes of enduring significance that found expression through his...
This work seeks to illuminate the art of George Cukor, the director of some of the most acclaimed and popular films ever to come out of Hollywood. Eig...
