Scenes From A Revolution: The Birth of the New Hollywood - Hardcover

Harris, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594201528 ISBN 13: 9781594201523

Publisher: Canongate, 2008

Synopsis

Documents the cultural revolution behind the making of 1967's five Best Picture-nominated films, including Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Graduate, Doctor Doolittle, In the Heat of the Night, and Bonnie and Clyde, in an account that discusses how the movies reflected period beliefs about race, violence, and identity. 40,000 first printing.

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Review:

aA rarity in the world of movie literature: A first-rate, broad-gauged (and deliciously readable) cultural history.a
aRichard Schickel, "Los Angeles Times"
aA landmark new film book . . . sifts through the evidence with reportorial acumen and great care, conjuring up the social and cultural history of a lost world and drawing on sharp new interviews with many of its major players. . . . Can take its place alongside top-shelf film industry books.a
aJanet Maslin, "The New York Times"

"A rarity in the world of movie literature: A first-rate, broad-gauged (and deliciously readable) cultural history."
-Richard Schickel, "Los Angeles Times"
"A landmark new film book . . . sifts through the evidence with reportorial acumen and great care, conjuring up the social and cultural history of a lost world and drawing on sharp new interviews with many of its major players. . . . Can take its place alongside top-shelf film industry books."
-Janet Maslin, "The New York Times"

"I think Mark Harris may be the best film writer ever...."Pictures at a Revolution"is probably one of the best books I've ever read in my life.
-Quentin Tarantino
"A rarity in the world of movie literature: A first-rate, broad-gauged (and deliciously readable) cultural history."
-Richard Schickel, "Los Angeles Times"
"A landmark new film book . . . sifts through the evidence with reportorial acumen and great care, conjuring up the social and cultural history of a lost world and drawing on sharp new interviews with many of its major players. . . . Can take its place alongside top-shelf film industry books."
-Janet Maslin, "The New York Times""

""Pictures at a Revolution"is probably one of the best books I've ever read in my life.
-Quentin Tarantino
"A rarity in the world of movie literature: A first-rate, broad-gauged (and deliciously readable) cultural history."
-Richard Schickel, "Los Angeles Times"
"A landmark new film book . . . sifts through the evidence with reportorial acumen and great care, conjuring up the social and cultural history of a lost world and drawing on sharp new interviews with many of its major players. . . . Can take its place alongside top-shelf film industry books."
-Janet Maslin, "The New York Times""

"Pictures at a Revolutionis probably one of the best books I've ever read in my life.
-Quentin Tarantino
"A rarity in the world of movie literature: A first-rate, broad-gauged (and deliciously readable) cultural history."
-Richard Schickel, Los Angeles Times
"A landmark new film book . . . sifts through the evidence with reportorial acumen and great care, conjuring up the social and cultural history of a lost world and drawing on sharp new interviews with many of its major players. . . . Can take its place alongside top-shelf film industry books."
-Janet Maslin, The New York Times"

"Pictures at a Revolution is probably one of the best books I've ever read in my life."
-Quentin Tarantino

"A rarity in the world of movie literature: A first-rate, broad-gauged (and deliciously readable) cultural history."
-Richard Schickel, Los Angeles Times

"A landmark new film book . . . sifts through the evidence with reportorial acumen and great care, conjuring up the social and cultural history of a lost world and drawing on sharp new interviews with many of its major players. . . . Can take its place alongside top-shelf film industry books."
-Janet Maslin, The New York Times

Synopsis:

Documents the cultural revolution behind 1967's five Best Picture-nominated films--"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," "The Graduate," "Doctor Doolittle," "In the Heat of the Night," and "Bonnie and Clyde"--and how they reflected beliefs about race, violence, and identity.

About this edition

• Publisher: Canongate
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1594201528
• ISBN 13: 9781594201523
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 490