The Hollywood style : the star /
The style of American movies evolved from the desire to tell a compelling, seamless story. This film examines the timeless style of Casablanca and other films to explore how American directors, screen writers, production designers, editors and cinematographers create worlds that audiences are eager...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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Beverly Hills, CA :
Fox Video, Inc.,
[1995]
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| Series: | American cinema ;
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| Summary: | The style of American movies evolved from the desire to tell a compelling, seamless story. This film examines the timeless style of Casablanca and other films to explore how American directors, screen writers, production designers, editors and cinematographers create worlds that audiences are eager to enter. Included are interviews with directors Bertrand Tavernier, Sydney Pollack, Martin Scorsese and Joseph Mankiewicz. In the second segment Joan Crawford serves as a case study in the program, with many other stars profiled. Interviews with critics, scholars, and studio publicists round out this study of Hollywood stardom as a cultural phenomenon. |
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| Item Description: | Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Episodes 1 and 3 of the series orginally broadcast in 1994 on PBS. "8233." Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (120 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Production Credits: | Editor, Corey Shaff. |