San Francisco / edited by Scott Jordan Harris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harris, Scott Jordan.

Series:

World Film Locations

World film locations, 2045-9009

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture locations--California--San Francisco.

Motion picture locations.

San Francisco (Calif.)--In motion pictures.

San Francisco (Calif.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (132 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Intellect Books ; Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An extraordinarily beautiful city that has been celebrated, criticized and studied in many films, San Francisco is both fragile and robust, at once a site of devastation caused by the 1906 earthquake but also a symbol of indomitability in its subsequent effort to rebuild. Its beauty, both natural and man-made, has provided film-makers with an iconic backdrop since the 1890's, and this guidebook offers an exciting tour through the film scenes and film locations that have made San Francisco irresistible to audiences and auteurs alike.Gathering more than forty short pieces on specific scenes from

Contents:

Front Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps/Scenes; Scenes 1-8 1898 - 1947; Scenes 9-16 1951 - 1963; Scenes 17-24 1967 - 1974; Scenes 25-32 1974 - 1984; Scenes 33-39 1986 - 1995; Scenes 40-46 1996 - 2011; Essays; San Francisco: City of the Imagination; The Golden Gate Bridge: Gateway, Escape Route and Battleground; City of Shadows: A Brief History of Film Noir in San Francisco; Alfred Hitchcock Presents San Francisco: The Master and the City by the Bay; Faster Than a Speeding Bullitt: San Franciscan Cinema's Famous Car Chases; Callahan's City: Dirty Harry and the Mean Streets of San Francisco

Midnight Mission: Queer Culture and Midnight Movies in San Francisco Backpages; Resources; Contributor Bios; Filmography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Filmography.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-78320-113-4

OCLC:

852657125