It's only a movie! : films and critics in American culture /

Once derided as senseless entertainment, movies have gradually assumed a place among the arts. Raymond Haberski's provocative and insightful book traces the trajectory of this evolution throughout the twentieth century, from nickelodeon amusements to the age of the financial blockbuster. Habers...

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Prif Awdur: Haberski, Raymond J., 1968-
Fformat: Licensed eBooks
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky ©2015.
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt130jsbv
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Amusement or Art?; 2 Menace or Art?; 3 Forging a Mainstream Movie Aesthetic; 4 Dreiser versus Hollywood; 5 Movies into Art; 6 A Certain Tendency in Film Criticism; 7 Andrew Sarris, Pauline Kael, and the Duelfor the Soul of Criticism; 8 The First New York Film Festival and the Heroic Age of Moviegoing; 9 The Film Generation Goes to School; 10 Whither Criticism?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.