Rock ’n’ Roll Plays Itself: A Screen History
Language: English
Published by Reaktion Books, 2022
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- Title
- Rock ’n’ Roll Plays Itself: A Screen History
- Author
- Scanlan, John
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Publication year
- 2022
- Condition
- As new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1789145724
- ISBN 13
- 9781789145724
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 1,050 grams
- Dimensions
- 3.302x13.97x21.59 cm
'A wonderful, exhaustive history. It presents everyone and everything in the history of rock on film' - TLS
'From the sublime to the ridiculous, Scanlan climaxes with Metallica's Some Kind of Monster and The Osbournes . . . fascinating stuff.' - Classic Rock Magazine
When rock 'n' roll burst into life in the 1950s the shockwaves echoed around the world, amplified by images of untamed youth projected on cinema screens. But for the performers themselves, showbusiness remained in control, contriving a series of cash-in movies to exploit the new musical fad.
In this riveting cultural history, John Scanlan explores rock's relationship with the moving image over seven decades of cinema, television, music videos, advertising and YouTube. Along the way he shows how rock was exploited, how it inspired film pioneers and, not least, the transformations it caused over more than half a century.
From Elvis Presley to David Bowie, and from Scorpio Rising to the films of Scorsese and DIY documentarists like Don Letts, this is a unique retelling of the story of rock 'n' roll - from birth to old age - through its onscreen life.
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