Film follies : the cinema out of order / Stuart Klawans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klawans, Stuart.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epic films--History and criticism.

Epic films.

Motion pictures--Economic aspects.

Motion pictures.

Independent filmmakers.

Local Subjects:

Independent filmmakers.

Epic films--History and criticism.

Motion pictures--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

188 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Cassell, 1999.

Summary:

Film Follies is about the greatest films that never should have been made. Stuart Klawans proposes that, as well as the auteurist film: where a director, operating within the studio system manages to an individual stamp on an assembly-line product. And, as well as the independent film, where the director, operating with a minimal budget and crew, can defy the conventions of generic filmmaking, there is a third, generally overlooked type of production, large, unwieldy, almost always a disaster at the box office, but fascinating to watch and consider. These are the follies, productions by filmmakers who, in the ambitious pursuit of a thoroughly idiosyncratic vision, somehow get their hands on the full resources of a studio.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-183) and index.

ISBN:

0304700533

0304700541

OCLC:

40135312