the backstudio picture and the mystique of making movies Cohan, Steven 1948- creator text bibliography nyu 2019 monographic eng

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x, 270 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm The backstudio picture, or the movie about movie-making, harks back to the silent era and extends to the present day. Covering the hundred-year timespan of feature length film production, this original study of a longstanding yet unrecognized genre offers an illuminating perspective for considering anew the history of American movies. Introduction: the backstudio picture -- Self-reflexive Hollywood -- Elusive Hollywood -- Movie-struck Hollywood -- Monstrous Hollywood -- Masculine Hollywood -- Historical Hollywood -- Virtual Hollywood -- Conclusion. Steven Cohan. Includes filmography. Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-257) and index. n-us--- Motion picture industry in motion pictures Industria cinematográfica Estados Unidos Motion pictures United States History Cine Historia Estados Unidos Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) In motion pictures Hollywood (Los Ángeles, California) Historia PN 1995.9 C678h 2019 791.4309794/93 9780190865771 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0190865776 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2018005300 DLC 180213 20250717163232.0 20356502 eng