Shot on location :
Palmer, R. Barton, 1946-
Shot on location : postwar American cinema and the exploration of real place / R. Barton Palmer. - 1 online resource. - Techniques of the moving image . - Techniques of the moving image. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Real History, Real Cinema -- 1. Filming The Transitory World We Live In -- 2. The Postwar Turn Toward The Real -- 3. Of Backdrops And Place: The Searchers And Sunset Blvd -- 4. An American Neorealism? -- 5. Noir On Location -- 6. The Legacies Of The Ramparts We Watch -- Conclusion: Authentic Banality? -- Notes -- Index -- About The Author
Renowned film scholar R. Barton Palmer explores the historical, ideological, economic, and technical developments that led Hollywood filmmakers of the late 1940s and 1950s to increasingly head outside the studio and capture footage of real places. Examining works ranging from Sunset Blvd. to The Searchers, Shot on Location discovers the massive influence that wartime newsreels had on the postwar Hollywood film, as the blurring of the formal boundaries between cinematic journalism and fiction lent a ""reality effect"" to otherwise implausible stories.
9780813564104 0813564107
22573/ctt19md1vx JSTOR
2015012453
1900-1999
Motion pictures--History--United States--20th century.
Motion pictures--Production and direction--History--United States--20th century.
Motion pictures--Setting and scenery.
PERFORMING ARTS / Reference
Motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Production and direction.
Motion pictures--Setting and scenery.
Music, Dance, Drama & Film.
Film.
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
PN1993.5.U6 / P28 2016eb
791.430973
Shot on location : postwar American cinema and the exploration of real place / R. Barton Palmer. - 1 online resource. - Techniques of the moving image . - Techniques of the moving image. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Real History, Real Cinema -- 1. Filming The Transitory World We Live In -- 2. The Postwar Turn Toward The Real -- 3. Of Backdrops And Place: The Searchers And Sunset Blvd -- 4. An American Neorealism? -- 5. Noir On Location -- 6. The Legacies Of The Ramparts We Watch -- Conclusion: Authentic Banality? -- Notes -- Index -- About The Author
Renowned film scholar R. Barton Palmer explores the historical, ideological, economic, and technical developments that led Hollywood filmmakers of the late 1940s and 1950s to increasingly head outside the studio and capture footage of real places. Examining works ranging from Sunset Blvd. to The Searchers, Shot on Location discovers the massive influence that wartime newsreels had on the postwar Hollywood film, as the blurring of the formal boundaries between cinematic journalism and fiction lent a ""reality effect"" to otherwise implausible stories.
9780813564104 0813564107
22573/ctt19md1vx JSTOR
2015012453
1900-1999
Motion pictures--History--United States--20th century.
Motion pictures--Production and direction--History--United States--20th century.
Motion pictures--Setting and scenery.
PERFORMING ARTS / Reference
Motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Production and direction.
Motion pictures--Setting and scenery.
Music, Dance, Drama & Film.
Film.
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
PN1993.5.U6 / P28 2016eb
791.430973