MOST RECENT WORKS
ARE AT THE TOP
Norman K. Denzin. Hollywood Shot by Shot: Alcoholism in American Cinema (de Gruyter, 1991). Denzin, a sociologist, tracks Hollywood portrayals of alcoholism from 1932 to 1989 for trends to interpret how they came to be and their effect.
Douglas Gomery. The Hollywood Studio System (St. Martin's, 1986). Gomery examines the movie industry of the 1930s and 1940s, a period when Hollywood moved into mass production, global marketing and a centralized distribution system.
Victor Navasky. Naming Names (Viking, 1980). This is another treatment of the 1947 congressional investigation into the film industry.
Larry Ceplair and Steven Englund. The Inquisition in Hollywood: Politics in the Film Community, 1930-1960 (Doubleday, 1980). Ceplair and Englund examine the 1947 congressional smear that depopulated Hollywood of some of its most talented screenwriters and directors.
Joan Didion. "In Hollywood." The White Album (Pocket, 1979). Didion discredits the notion that the major studios are dying with the emergence of independent producers. The studios both bankroll and distribute independent films and, she says, make lots of money in the process.
Thomas W. Bohn and Richard L. Stromgren. Light and Shadows: A History of Motion Pictures (Alfred Publishing, 1975). This is a lively, comprehensive examination. industry.
Murray Schumach. The Face on the Cutting Room Floor: The Story of Movie and Television Censorship (Da Cape, 1974) |
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KEEPING UP-TO-DATE
Periodicals and other places
for staying abreast
American Film: A magazine for people serious about movies as art.
Film Comment;A valuable sources of information. for people serious about movies as art.
Hollyood Reporter. A trade journal.
Premier: Among consumer magazines with significant movie coverage effects, are Premiere, Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone.
Variety: A trade journal.
Wall Street Journal: With Hollywood such an important element in the U.S. economy, the Wall Street Journal and other business publicatiuons, including Business Week, Forbes and Fortune, track the movie industry. |
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