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This pioneering study of postwar feature films set in San Francisco tracks the transformation of Hollywood filmmaking as location shooting became the dominant production method in an era of urban anxiety.
List of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Postwar Location Shooting, the Semi-Documentary, and Dark Passage
- Chapter 2. The Cine-Tourist City: From Cinerama to The Lineup and Vertigo
- Chapter 3. “Sick Tales of a Healthy Land”: Blake Edwards in San Francisco
- Chapter 4. Countercultural Capital: Hollywood Chases the Summer of Love
- Chapter 5. The Manhattanization of San Francisco: Dirty Harry and The Streets of San Francisco
- Chapter 6. Hollywood North / Hollywood Resurgence: The Conversation and The Towering Inferno
- Conclusion: Hollywood’s San Francisco
- Appendix. Films Set and/or Shot in San Francisco between 1945 and 1975
- Bibliography
- Index
About the author
Joshua Gleich is an assistant professor in the School of Theatre, Film, and Television at the University of Arizona. His work has appeared in
Cinema Journal,
New Review of Film and Television Studies, and
The Velvet Light Trap.
Summary
This pioneering study of postwar feature films set in San Francisco tracks the transformation of Hollywood filmmaking as location shooting became the dominant production method in an era of urban anxiety.
