Hollywood in San Francisco: Location Shooting and the Aesthetics of Urban Decline

by Joshua Gleich

Book Overview

One of the country's most picturesque cities and conveniently located just a few hours' drive from Hollywood, San Francisco became the most frequently and extensively filmed American city beyond the production hubs of Los Angeles and New York in the three decades after World War II. During those years, the cinematic image of the city morphed from the dreamy beauty of Vertigo to the nightmarish wasteland of Dirty Harry, although San...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477316450
• ISBN13: 9781477316450
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"