Best Pick - A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards

A fascinating history of motion pictures through the lens of the Academy Awards, Best Pick provides a decade-by-decade look at the Oscars by examining the Best Picture winners, highest-grossing films, and biggest misses alongside a discussion of the trends, innovations, and stories that defined the decade.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
A pedantic note about years
Chapter 1: The 1920s
Chapter 2: The 1930s
Chapter 3: The 1940s
Chapter 4: The 1950s
Chapter 5: The 1960s
Chapter 6: The 1970s
Chapter 7: The 1980s
Chapter 8: The 1990s
Chapter 9: The 2000s
Chapter 10: The 2010s
Afterword
Appendix: Our cinematic journey
Notes
Index
About the Authors

About the author

John Dorney, Jessica Regan & Tom Salinsky

Product details

• Authors: John Dorney, Dorney John, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky, Salinsky Tom
• Assisted by: O'Hara Helen (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.02.2025
• EAN: 9798881808662
• ISBN: 979-8-8818-0866-2
• Illustrations: 10 Tables
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Films, cinema, Reference works, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Film Theory & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Reference, Film history, theory or criticism