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

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.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.