Movies about the movies : Hollywood reflected /

Hundreds of Hollywood-on-Hollywood movies can be found throughout the history of American cinema, from the days of silents to the present. They include films from genres as far ranging as musical, film noir, melodrama, comedy, and action-adventure. Such movies seduce us with the promise of revealing...

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Main Author: Ames, Christopher, 1956-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1997.
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Summary:Hundreds of Hollywood-on-Hollywood movies can be found throughout the history of American cinema, from the days of silents to the present. They include films from genres as far ranging as musical, film noir, melodrama, comedy, and action-adventure. Such movies seduce us with the promise of revealing the reality behind the camera. But, as part of the very industry they supposedly critique, they cannot take us behind the scenes in any true sense. Through close analysis of fifteen critically acclaimed films, Christopher Ames reveals how the idea of Hollywood is constructed and constructs itself.
Item Description:EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America
Includes filmography (p. 227).
Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 254 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-244) and index.
ISBN:0813170249
9780813170244