Screenwriting / edited by Andrew Horton and Julian Hoxter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horton, Andrew, 1944- editor.

Hoxter, Julian, editor.

Series:

Behind the silver screen ; 8.

Behind the silver screen ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture authorship--History.

Motion picture authorship.

Motion picture industry--United States--History.

Motion picture industry.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2014]

Summary:

"This book explores the social, political, and economic implications of the changing craft of American screenwriting from the silent screen through the classical Hollywood years, the rise of independent cinema, and on to the contemporary global multi-media marketplace. From The Birth of a Nation (1915), Gone With the Wind (1939), and Gentleman's Agreement (1947) to Chinatown (1974), American Beauty (1999), and Lost in Translation (2003), each project began as writers with pen and ink, typewriters, or computers captured the hopes and dreams, the nightmares and concerns of the periods in which they were writing. As the contributors take us behind the silver screen to chronicle the history of screenwriting, they spotlight a range of key screenplays that changed the game in Hollywood and beyond." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Julian Hoxter

Machine to Screen: The Evolution toward Story, 1895-1928 / J. Madison Davis

Classical Hollywood, 1928-1946 / Mark Eaton

Postwar Hollywood, 1947-1967 / Jon Lewis

The Auteur Renaissance, 1968-1980 / Kevin Alexander Boon

The New Hollywood, 1980-1999 / Julian Hoxter

The Modern Entertainment Marketplace, 2000-present / Mark J. Charney

Academy Award Winners for Screenwriting.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-185) and index.

ISBN:

9780813563411

0813563410

9780813563404

0813563402

OCLC:

862102574