A History of American Movies: A Film-by-Film Look at the Art, Craft, and Business of Cinema
by Paul Monaco
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The book focuses on 170 of the most highly regarded and recognized feature films selected by the Hollywood establishment: each Oscar winner for Best Picture, as well as those voted the greatest by members of the American Film Institute. By focusing on a select group of films that represent the epitome of these collaborations, Monaco provides an essential history of one of the modern world's most complex and successful cultural institutions: Hollywood. --from publisher descriptionTags
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Paul Monaco is professor of cinema/video at Montana State University. He is the author of Understanding Society, Culture, and Television (2000) and The Sixties. 1960-1969 (2003) in the History of American Cinema series.
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- Nonfiction, History
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- 791.430973 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Public performances Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography; description, critical appraisal of specific companies and studios {for specific films see 791.437} North America
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- PN1993.5 .U65 .M55 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures
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