Title: World film locations : Las Vegas /
Authors: Block, Marcelline
Publisher: Intellect,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Motion picture locations Nevada Las Vegas.; Motion pictures Nevada Las Vegas.; Las Vegas (Nev.) In motion pictures.
Abstract: An analyses of scenes from a broad selection of 46 films filmed in Las Vegas. Essays examine a range of topics, such as the Rat Pack's Las Vegas, art and culture on and off the Strip, Las Vegas as a backdrop for science fiction, and portrayals of iconic pop-culture figures.
Contents: Essays: Las Vegas: city of imagination / David Sterritt -- Pack mentality: the Vegas of the original Ocean's Eleven / Walter Raubicheck -- Electric dreams: lighting up The Strip, Sydney Pollack style / Carol Cling -- Fear and loathing: Las Vegas and the cinema of American excess / Mike King -- Strings attached: Las Vegas in science fiction 'B' movies / Henri-Simon Blanc-Hoang -- Dream machine: Las Vegas as mythical destination / Oana Chivoiu -- Beyond The Strip: life and culture on the outer limits of 'Sin City' / David Dickens.