World Film Location - San Francisco

An extraordinarily beautiful city that has been celebrated, criticised and studied in many films, San Francisco is both fragile and robust, at once a site of devastation caused by 1906 earthquake but also a symbol of indomitability in its effort to rebuild afterwards. Its beauty, both natural and manmade, has provided filmmakers with an iconic backdrop since the 1890s, and this guidebook offers an exciting tour through the film scenes and film locations that have made San Francisco irresistible to audiences and auteurs alike.

About the author

Scott Jordan Harris writes for The Spectator and co-edits its arts blog. He is also the editor of The Big Picture magazine and the book World Film Locations: New York. He has contributed to several books on cinema and has written for numerous other publications, including Fangoria, Scope, PopMatters and Rugby World. His blog – http://apetrifiedfountain.blogspot.com/ – was named by Running in Heels as one of the world’s 12 ‘best movie blogs’.

Summary

An extraordinarily beautiful city that has been celebrated, criticized, and studied in many films, San Francisco is both fragile and robust. Gathering more than forty short pieces on specific scenes from San Franciscan films, this book includes essays on topics that dominate the history of filmmaking in the city.

Product details

• Authors: Scott Harris, Scott Jordan Harris
• Assisted by: Scott Jordan Harris (Editor), Scott Jordan (United Kingdom.) Harris (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.03.2014
• EAN: 9781783200283
• ISBN: 978-1-78320-028-3
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 227 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 288 g
• Series: Intellect Books; IB - World Film Locations; World Film Locations; World Film Locations; IB - World Film Locations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre