TY  - GEN
T1  - A certain tendency of the Hollywood cinema, 1930-1980
A1  - Ray, Robert B. (Robert Beverley), 1943-
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 1985
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1176566430
AB  - Robert B. Ray examines the ideology of the most enduringly popular cinema in the world--the Hollywood movie. Aided by 364 frame enlargements, he describes the development of that historically overdetermined form, giving close readings of five typical instances: Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Godfather, and Taxi Driver. Like the heroes of these movies, American filmmaking has avoided commitment, in both plot and technique. Instead of choosing left or right, avant-garde or tradition, American cinema tries to have it both ways.Although Hollywood's commercial success has led the world audience to equate the American cinema with film itself, Hollywood filmmaking is a particular strategy designed to respond to specific historical situations. As an art restricted in theoretical scope but rich in individual variations, the American cinema poses the most interesting question of popular culture: Do dissident forms have any chance of remaining free of a mass medium seeking to co-opt them?
OP  - 411
CN  - PN1993.5.U6 R38 1985eb
SN  - 9780691216164
SN  - 0691216169
SN  - 0691047278
SN  - 9780691047270
SN  - 0691101744
SN  - 9780691101743
KW  - Bibel : Philemonbrief
KW  - University of South Alabama
KW  - Motion pictures : United States : History.
KW  - Motion picture plays, American : History and criticism.
KW  - Motion pictures : United States.
KW  - Motion picture plays : History and criticism.
KW  - Cinéma : États-Unis.
KW  - Scénarios de cinéma : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Cinéma : États-Unis : Histoire.
KW  - Scénarios de cinéma américains : Histoire et critique.
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : History & Criticism.
KW  - Motion picture plays
KW  - Motion picture plays, American
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - United States
KW  - Ideologie
KW  - Los Angeles- Hollywood
KW  - Film
KW  - USA
KW  - Filmkunst.
KW  - Filmgattung.
KW  - Film : USA : Geschichte.
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
KW  - History
ER  -