Best Pick

A fascinating history of motion pictures through the lens of the Academy Awards, the Best Picture winners, and the box-office contenders.In Best Pick: A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards, John Dorney, Jessica Regan, and Tom Salinsky provide a captivating decade-by-decade exploration of the Oscars. For each decade, they examine the making of classic films, trends and innovations in cinema, behind-the-scenes scandals at the awards ceremony, and who won and why. Twenty films are reviewed in-depth, alongside ten detailed "making-of" accounts and capsule reviews of every single Best Picture winner in history. In addition, each Best Picture winner is carefully scrutinized to answer the ultimate question: "Did the Academy get it right?"Full of wonderful stories, cogent analysis, and fascinating insights, Best Pick is a witty and enthralling look at the people, politics, movies, and trends that have shaped our cinematic world.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John Dorney, John Regan Dorney, Dorney John, Helen O'Hara, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky, Salinsky Tom
• Mitarbeit: O'Hara Helen (Vorwort)
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781538163108
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-6310-8
• Seiten: 332
• Abmessung: 160 mm x 235 mm x 26 mm
• Serie: Print on Demand
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Theater, Ballett; Sachbuch > Musik, Film, Theater; Films, cinema, Reference works, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film history, theory & criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Reference, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Guides & Reviews, Film Guides & Reviews