The Classical Hollywood Cinema (Paperback)

David Bordwell; Janet Staiger; Kristin Thompson
Columbia University Press
 9780231060554
0-231-06055-6

How films are conceived, planned, and produced leaves a mark upon the films, directly and structurally. The relations between film style and mode of production are, according to the authors, reciprocal.

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and mutually influencing. The authors trace such topics as style, economics, and technology over time, demonstrating how significant changes occurrred in Hollywood from the earliest days through the sixties