After World War II, as cultural and industry changes were reshaping Hollywood, movie studios shifted some production activities overseas, capitalizing on frozen foreign earnings, cheap labor, and appealing locations. Hollywood unions called the phenomenon “runaway” production to underscore the outsourcing of employment opportunities. Examining this period of transition from the late 1940s to the early 1960s, Runaway Hollywood shows how film companies exported production around the world and the effect this conversion had on industry practices and visual style. In this fascinating account, Daniel Steinhart uses an array of historical materials to trace the industry’s creation of a more international production operation that merged filmmaking practices from Hollywood and abroad to produce movies with a greater global scope.
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CONTRIBUTORS: Daniel Steinhart
EAN: 9780520298637
COUNTRY: United States
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WEIGHT: 544 g
HEIGHT: 229 cm
PUBLISHED BY: University of California Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-02-26
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GENRE: HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Business Aspects
WIDTH: 152 cm
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Book Themes:
United States of America, USA, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Film history, theory or criticism, Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills, Media, entertainment, information and communication industries, History of the Americas
Daniel Steinhart is Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies at the University of Oregon. His work on film and media has appeared in Cinema Journal, NECSUS: European Journal of Media Studies, InMedia: The French Journal of Media Studies, and various edited collections.
