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Passport to Hollywood: Hollywood Films, European Directors
Contributor(s): Morrison, James (Author)

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ISBN: 0791439372     ISBN-13: 9780791439371
Publisher: State University of New York Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 1998
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism
- Performing Arts | Film - Direction & Production
- Performing Arts | Film - Reference
Dewey: 791.437
LCCN: 98013702
Series: Suny Postmodern Culture
Physical Information: (1.32 lbs) 311 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated
 
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In Passport to Hollywood, James Morrison examines a series of Hollywood films by directors from European art-cinemas. Drawing widely on current research in film theory, film history, and cultural studies, he traces the influence of European filmmakers in Hollywood from the 1920s to the 1980s and illuminates the relation between modernism and mass-culture in American movies. By interpreting important American films, Morrison also shows how these films illustrate key issues of cultural hierarchy and national culture over fifty years of American cinema. In addition, he explores the complex and often contradictory ways that these Hollywood movies conceptualize ideas about "foreignness." Using insightful close viewings, Morrison demonstrates new connections among modernism, postmodernism, and American movies.
 
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