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Hollywood
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- Book Synopsis
- 'Essential . . . thrilling . . . invaluable.' Irish Times 'Absorbing . . . rippling with fun and atmosphere.' Sight & Sound 'Hollywood's ultimate oral history.' New Yorker The greatest conversation in the history of Hollywood. From the archives of the American Film Institute comes a unique picture of what it was like to work in Hollywood from its beginnings to its present day. Hollywood: The Oral History, lets a reader 'listen in' on candid remarks from the biggest names in front of the camera - Bette Davis, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Jane Fonda, Harold Lloyd - the biggest behind it - Frank Capra, Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Jordan Peele, as well as the musicians, writers, sound men, editors, make-up artists, and even script timers, messengers, and publicists who shaped what was heard and seen on screen. Legendary film scholar Jeanine Basinger and New York Times bestselling author Sam Wasson have undertaken the monumental task of weaving these thousands of hours of talk into a conversation that is lively, funny, insightful, historically accurate and authentically honest in its portrait of workaday Hollywood.
- About The Author
- Sam Wasson studied film at Wesleyan University and at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He is the author of the bestseller Fifth Avenue, 5A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's and the Dawn of the Modern Woman. He is also the author of the definitive biography of dancer-choreographer-filmmaker Bob Fosse. He currently teaches film at Emerson College in Los Angeles.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780571366958
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, (01 February 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 608
- Weight
- 990 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 232 x 152 x 45 mm
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