Best Pick (eBook)

A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards

John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
336 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-6311-5 (ISBN)

Infos

A fascinating history of motion pictures through the lens of the Academy Awards, the Best Picture winners, and the box-office contenders.In Best Pick: A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards, John Dorney, Jessica Regan, and Tom Salinsky provide a captivating decade-by-decade exploration of the Oscars. For each decade, they examine the making of classic films, trends and innovations in cinema, behind-the-scenes scandals at the awards ceremony, and who won and why. Twenty films are reviewed in-depth, alongside ten detailed "e;making-of"e; accounts and capsule reviews of every single Best Picture winner in history. In addition, each Best Picture winner is carefully scrutinized to answer the ultimate question: "e;Did the Academy get it right?"e; Full of wonderful stories, cogent analysis, and fascinating insights, Best Pick is a witty and enthralling look at the people, politics, movies, and trends that have shaped our cinematic world.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.2.2022
• Vorwort: Helen O'Hara
• Zusatzinfo: 10 Illustrations including: - 10 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Academy Awards • Academy Awards history • Academy Award winners • Arts • awards history • award shows • Behind the Scenes • best picture • Cinema • Culture • Film • Film History • film reviews • Films • Film Stars • Hattie McDaniel • Hollywood • motion pictures • Movies • Oscars • Oscars history • oscar winners • The Oscars
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-6311-X / 153816311X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-6311-5 / 9781538163115