Screenwriting
By: edited by Andrew Horton and Julian Hoxter
Series: Behind the silver screen -- 8
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780813563411; 9780813563404
Subjects: Motion picture industry; Motion picture authorship; History
Description: "This book explores the social, political, and economic implications of the changing craft of American screenwriting from the silent screen through the classical Hollywood years, the rise of independent cinema, and on to the contemporary global multi-media marketplace. From The Birth of a Nation (1915), Gone With the Wind (1939), and Gentleman's Agreement (1947) to Chinatown (1974), American Beauty (1999), and Lost in Translation (2003), each project began as writers with pen and ink, typewriters, or computers captured the hopes and dreams, the nightmares and concerns of the periods in which they were writing. As the contributors take us behind the silver screen to chronicle the history of screenwriting, they spotlight a range of key screenplays that changed the game in Hollywood and beyond." --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-185) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Julian Hoxter; title: Machine to Screen: The Evolution toward Story, 1895-1928 / J. Madison Davis; title: Classical Hollywood, 1928-1946 / Mark Eaton; title: Postwar Hollywood, 1947-1967 / Jon Lewis; title: The Auteur Renaissance, 1968-1980 / Kevin Alexander Boon; title: The New Hollywood, 1980-1999 / Julian Hoxter; title: The Modern Entertainment Marketplace, 2000-present / Mark J. Charney; title: Academy Award Winners for Screenwriting.