The Essential Directors: The Art and Impact of Cinema's Most Influential Filmmakers (Silent Era through 1970s) (Turner Classic Movies)

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From Turner Classic Movies, this is the essential guide to all the must-know detail on the style, achievements, and landmark films of the most influential directors in cinema history from the silent era through the 1970s.For well over a century, those who create motion pictures have touched our hearts and souls; they have transported and transformed our minds, intoxicated and entranced our senses. One artist's vision is the single most prominent force behind the scenes: the director. The Essential Directors illuminates the unseen forces behind some of the most notable screen triumphs from the aesthetic peak of silent cinema through the New Hollywood of the 1970s. Considering each artist's influence on the medium, cultural impact, and degree of achievement, Turner Classic Movies presents a compendium of Hollywood's most influential filmmakers, with profiles offering history and insight on the filmmaker's narrative style, unique touches, contributions to the medium, key films, and distinctive movie moments to watch for. The work of these game-changing artists is illustrated throughout by more than 200 full-color and black-and-white photographs.In The Essential Directors you&’ll read how Cecil B. DeMille revamped religion to define an era, and how Oscar Micheaux broke barriers to become the most influential Black filmmaker of the 1920s. You&’ll marvel at the efficient artistry of &“One-Take Woody&” Van Dyke and fall in love again with the sophisticated studio-era classicsof George Cukor. You&’ll gain insight into how women like Dorothy Arzner and Ida Lupino built thriving careers in an industry ruled by men and discover what drove Mike Nichols to mix comedy with tragedy, becoming the highest-paid director of his day in the the process. The Essential Directors presents the work of these game-changing artists and dozens more in this stunning volume.
Copyright:
2021

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ISBN-13:
9780762498949
Related ISBNs:
9780762498932
Publisher:
Running Press
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Turner Classic Movies
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No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Reference, Art and Architecture, Biographies and Memoirs
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Bookshare Staff
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Foreword by:
Peter Bogdanovich
Foreword by:
Jacqueline Stewart

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