Passport to Hollywood: Hollywood Films, European Directors
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Description
In Passport to Hollywood, James Morrison examines a series of Hollywood films by directors from European art-cinemas. Drawing widely on current research in film theory, film history, and cultural studies, he traces the influence of European filmmakers in Hollywood from the 1920s to the 1980s and illuminates the relation between modernism and mass-culture in American movies. By interpreting important American films, Morrison also shows how these films illustrate key issues of cultural hierarchy and national culture over fifty years of American cinema. In addition, he explores the complex and often contradictory ways that these Hollywood movies conceptualize ideas about "foreignness." Using insightful close viewings, Morrison demonstrates new connections among modernism, postmodernism, and American movies.
ISBN
9780791439388
Publication Date
9-11-1998
Publisher
State University of New York Press
City
Albany, NY
Keywords
Europe, Film, Transatlantic
Disciplines
Film and Media Studies
Recommended Citation
Morrison, James. Passport to Hollywood: Hollywood Films, European Directors. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998.
