It's Only a Movie! : Films and Critics in American Culture /

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Once derided as senseless entertainment, movies have gradually assumed a place among the arts. Raymond Haberski's provocative and insightful book traces the trajectory of this evolution throughout the twentieth century, from nickelodeon amusements to the age of the financial blockbuster. Habers...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Haberski, Raymond J., 1968-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Motion pictures > Social aspects.
Film criticism.
Culture in motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Cinema > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Critique cinematographique > États-Unis.
Culture au cinema.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > United States.
Film criticism > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Once derided as senseless entertainment, movies have gradually assumed a place among the arts. Raymond Haberski's provocative and insightful book traces the trajectory of this evolution throughout the twentieth century, from nickelodeon amusements to the age of the financial blockbuster. Haberski begins by looking at the barriers to film's acceptance as an art form, including the Chicago Motion Picture Commission hearings of 1918--1920, one of the most revealing confrontations over the use of censorship in the motion picture industry. He then examines how movies overcame the stigma attached to.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (264 pages).
ISBN:9780813158990

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