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ISBN: 1477324054 Year: 2021 Publisher: Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press,
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In Sean Baker’s award-winning 2017 film The Florida Project, a young girl, her single mother, and her friends live in rundown motels near Disney World, the children’s summer fun contrasting with the grim conditions around them. In this book, J. J. Murphy delves deep into the movie’s development and filming while also examining it within the wider context of Baker’s career. Using production documents, different versions of the screenplay, and interviews with principal members of the production team, Murphy traces the evolution of The Florida Project from initial idea through its various stages of production. He highlights Baker’s unconventional strategies in making a film about a marginalized subculture, including alternative scripting, guerrilla-like filmmaking, improvisation, and the unorthodox casting of local and first-time actors. Murphy also explores how Baker’s impromptu style sometimes rankled crew members and caused a major crisis on set, revealing the difficulties indie filmmakers can face when working with professional crews on larger films. A lively analysis of this critically acclaimed movie, its director, and its production, The Florida Project also betters our understanding of contemporary independent cinema as a whole.
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ISBN: 0520964241 9780520964242 9780520289673 9780520289666 0520289668 0520289676 Year: 2016 Publisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press,
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"Slow Fade to Black completes Richard B. Jewell's richly detailed two-part history of the RKO film studio, which began with RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan Is Born, published in 2012. This second volume charts the studio's fortunes, which peaked during World War II, declined in the post-war period, and finally collapsed in the 1950s. With unparalleled access to archival materials, Jewell chronicles the period from 1942 to the company's demise in 1957. Some of the towering figures associated with the studio were Howard Hughes, Orson Welles, Charles Koerner, Val Lewton, Jane Russell, and Robert Mitchum. In addition to its colorful cast of characters, the RKO narrative features key moments in entertainment history: Hollywood collaboration with Washington, film noir, censorship, HUAC, the rise of independent film production, and the impact of television on film. Taken as a whole, Jewell's two-volume study represents the most substantial and insightful exploration of the Hollywood studio system to date"--Provided by publisher.
RKO Radio Pictures --- History. --- Radio Keith Orpheum Radio Pictures, inc. --- RKO Radio Pictures, inc. --- RKO-Pathe --- RKO Teleradio Pictures --- Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation --- Radio Pictures --- PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism. --- RKO Distributing Corp. --- RKO General, inc. --- RKO Productions --- Film --- anno 1940-1949 --- anno 1950-1959 --- United States --- 20th century. --- charles koerner. --- cinema. --- classic hollywood. --- early 20th century film studios. --- early filmmaking. --- early hollywood. --- entertainment history. --- film censorship. --- film history. --- film noir. --- film studies. --- film. --- hollywood studio system. --- hollywood. --- howard hughes. --- independent film production. --- jane russell. --- media history. --- media studies. --- movies. --- orson welles. --- rko film studios. --- rko films. --- rko radio pictures. --- robert mitchum. --- television. --- val lewton. --- United States of America
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