The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies

by David Bordwell

Book Overview

Hollywood moviemaking is one of the constants of American life, but how much has it changed since the glory days of the big studios? David Bordwell argues that the principles of visual storytelling created in the studio era are alive and well, even in today's bloated blockbusters. American filmmakers have created a durable tradition-one that we should not be ashamed to call artistic, and one that survives in both mainstream entertainment and niche-marketed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520246225
• ISBN13: 9780520246225
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"