Hollywood by Hollywood : the backstudio picture and the mystique of making movies /
Steven Cohan.
- x, 270 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes filmography. Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-257) and index.
Introduction: the backstudio picture -- Self-reflexive Hollywood -- Elusive Hollywood -- Movie-struck Hollywood -- Monstrous Hollywood -- Masculine Hollywood -- Historical Hollywood -- Virtual Hollywood -- Conclusion.
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.
Motion picture industry in motion pictures. Industria cinematográfica--Estados Unidos Motion pictures--History.--United States Cine --Historia--Estados Unidos
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--In motion pictures. Hollywood (Los Ángeles, California) --Historia