Best Pick
A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards
Zusammenfassung
A fascinating history of motion pictures through the lens of the Academy Awards, the Best Picture winners, and the box-office contenders.
In Best Pick: A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards, John Dorney, Jessica Regan, and Tom Salinsky provide a captivating decade-by-decade exploration of the Oscars. For each decade, they examine the making of classic films, trends and innovations in cinema, behind-the-scenes scandals at the awards ceremony, and who won and why. Twenty films are reviewed in-depth, alongside ten detailed “making-of” accounts and capsule reviews of every single Best Picture winner in history. In addition, each Best Picture winner is carefully scrutinized to answer the ultimate question: “Did the Academy get it right?”
Full of wonderful stories, cogent analysis, and fascinating insights, Best Pick is a witty and enthralling look at the people, politics, movies, and trends that have shaped our cinematic world.
Schlagworte
Culture Film Film History Movies Hollywood films Oscars Academy Awards Hattie McDaniel behind the scenes Oscar winners Oscars history The Oscars Best Picture Academy Award winners Academy Awards history motion pictures film reviews film stars award shows awards historyKeywords
cinema arts- i–xvi Preface i–xvi
- 1–20 1 The 1920s 1–20
- 21–48 2 The 1930s 21–48
- 49–76 3 The 1940s 49–76
- 77–102 4 The 1950s 77–102
- 103–132 5 The 1960s 103–132
- 133–158 6 The 1970s 133–158
- 159–186 7 The 1980s 159–186
- 187–214 8 The 1990s 187–214
- 215–242 9 The 2000s 215–242
- 243–270 10 The 2010s 243–270
- 271–274 Afterword 271–274
- 275–276 Acknowledgments 275–276
- 277–280 Appendix 277–280
- 281–286 Bibliography 281–286
- 287–314 Index 287–314
- 315–315 About the Authors 315–315