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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haberski, Raymond J., 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Amusement or Art?; 2 Menace or Art?; 3 Forging a Mainstream Movie Aesthetic; 4 Dreiser versus Hollywood; 5 Movies into Art; 6 A Certain Tendency in Film Criticism; 7 Andrew Sarris, Pauline Kael, and the Duelfor the Soul of Criticism; 8 The First New York Film Festival and the Heroic Age of Moviegoing; 9 The Film Generation Goes to School; 10 Whither Criticism?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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