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Best Pick: A Journey Through Film History and the Academy Awards
Hardcover
Film StudiesFilm Guides & Reference
ISBN13: 9781538163108
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Feb 15 2022
Pages: 332
Weight: 1.35
Height: 1.02 Width: 6.06 Depth: 9.06
Language: English
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.1 different editions
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