Movies About the Movies
Through close analysis of fifteen critically acclaimed films, Christopher Ames reveals how the idea of Hollywood is constructed and constructs itself. Films discussed: What Price Hollywood? (1952), A Star Is Born (1937), Stand-In (1937), Boy Meets Girl (1938), Sullivan's Travels (1941), In a Lonely Place (1950), Sunset Boulevard (1950), The Star (1950), Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Pennies from Heaven (1981), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), The Player (1992), Last Action Hero (1993).
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"Offers a considerable degree of insight into the selected films. . . . Not only informative, but also written with a real enthusiasm for its subject."—Journal of Intercultural Studies
"This detailed, fascinating, and often sensitive book will send readers to the video store to see these works for the first time or to revisit them in a new light."—Library Journal
"Valuable for both its insights into the individual movies discussed as well as into broader issues dealing with Hollywood and with the film industry."—Louisville Courier Journal
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