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Plastic reality : special effects, technology, and the emergence of 1970s blockbuster aesthetics /

Julie A. Turnock tracks the use and evolution of special effects in 1970s filmmaking, a development as revolutionary to film as the form's transition to sound in the 1920s. Beginning with the classical studio era's early approaches to special effects, she follows the industry's slow b...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Film and Culture Series
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York [New York] ; Chichester, England : Columbia University Press, 2015.
Colección:Film and culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Julie A. Turnock tracks the use and evolution of special effects in 1970s filmmaking, a development as revolutionary to film as the form's transition to sound in the 1920s. Beginning with the classical studio era's early approaches to special effects, she follows the industry's slow build toward the significant advances of the late 1960s and early 1970s, which set the stage for the groundbreaking achievements of 1977. Turnock analyzes the far-reaching impact of the convincing, absorbing, and seemingly unlimited fantasy environments of that year's iconic films, dedicating a major section of h.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (383 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231535274
0231535279
0231163533
9780231163538