The Whole Equation
A History of Hollywood
$44.62
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
27 April 2006
Summary
A book that sees Hollywood as an idea, a trick, a religion even, that swept the world. It knows what the bosses did, and why and how, but also feels the impact on mass audiences in the dark auditoriums.
THE WHOLE EQUATION takes the history and describes the grand panorama so that the reader knows how he or she fitted in, along with Bogart, the Marx Brothers, and Darryl Zanuck. The business is the neglected aspect of the story, neglected because its truths threaten the alleged magic an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349117690 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349117691 |
| Author: | David Thomson |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 27 April 2006 |
| Weight: | 291g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm x 32mm |
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A sprawling collection of hard-edged anecdotes. - SAINSBURY’S MAGAZINE
Tracing movie from birth to, perhaps, a death of sorts at the hands of new technology, he conjures more thrills and insight in his elegant, melliflous style and staggering knowledge, than almost any modern film you care to mention. Idiosyncratic, for sur - TOTAL FILMEssential. - NEW STATESMANFrom the patron saint of those seduced by the silver light, the whole truth, and a lot more besides. Peerless. - UNCUTAbout The Author
David Thomson
David Thomson was born in London but has lived in California since 1975, establishing a huge reputation as a writer about cinema.
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