Movies and Money
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.58 (605 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 067976741X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 346 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Four Weddings and a Funeral was made in England, cannily released Stateside, then repatriated as "America's No. But Puttnam's book grew from his Oxford lectures--it's a scholarly history of the struggle for cultural supremacy between the film establishments of Hollywood and Europe. offered Puttnam extra money to reshoot Local Hero with a happy ending that would have destroyed its pro-pastoral, anticommercial message. Ex-Columbia Pictures chief David Puttnam was knighted for making the world safe for British film with hits like Chariots of Fire and The Killing Fields. He's a local hero. The Crying Game<
A book so well written that it can easily be read at a single sitting."--San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner"Puttnam has a dry sense of humor, and most of his book is jammed with astonishing anecdotes and seething portraits of the personalities of film history."-- Newsday. Movies and Money is a groundbreaking book that will change our understanding of the movie business."Excellent. In the process he introduces a host of colorful characters: from Goldwyn and Zanuck to Eisner and Ovitz. "A fascinating history."--Time Out New YorkThe acclaimed producer of such classic films as Chariots of Fire and The Killing Fields, and the only European ever to head a major Hollywood studio, former Columbia Pictures chief David Puttnam has written a fascinating behind-the-scenes history of the movie
"Acidic analysis of the European movie industry." according to Luc REYNAERT. For insider David Puttnam, Europe who invented the movie, lost the movie industry battle due to external (two World Wars), but mostly internal causes:1. Europe, unlike the US, didn't see the movie industry as a totality (control of production + distribution + theatres)2. Europe didn't want to understand the market (the consumer demand) and the power of marketing.Acidic analysis of the European movie industry. For insider David Puttnam, Europe who invented the movie, lost the movie industry battle due to external (two World Wars), but mostly internal causes:1. Europe, unlike the US, didn't see the movie industry as a totality (control of production + distribution + theatres)2. Europe didn't want to understand the market (the consumer demand) and the power of marketing.3. the suicidal movie theorization by the left. As an example, J.L. Godard claimed that his struggle against the commercial imperialism of Hollywood was analogous to the eternal struggle of the working class against monopol. . the suicidal movie theorization by the left. As an example, J.L. Godard claimed that his struggle against the commercial imperialism of Hollywood was analogous to the eternal struggle of the working class against monopol. Excellent look at filmbut not for the casual filmgoer Eric Nelson This book does not have scandalous stories about stars and troubled film productionsif you're looking for those types of stories William Goldman and Peters Bart & Gruber have excellent titles that will give you insite into film and satisfy your pop culture curiosities.What Puttnam achieves is a detailed history of film that shows the struggle that filmmakers on both sides of the Atlantic attaining a balance between art and commodity. Puttnam offers great insights and introduction to film's early years. Coming from the unique view of a European who became a Hollywood insider, he's a. "Movies from an International and Financial Vantage Point" according to Ricky Hunter. David Puttnam (with Neil Watson) has written a book that has a different, and often very personal, perspective from the usual film histories. It is a broader, more international examination into the reasons for Hollywood gaining world wide dominance of the film industry. This is not about movies per se but is, instead, about the business and politics of making movies. It includes many anecdotes, told in a basically chronological format, from the beginning of the industry to the recent times. Much of this information was new to me as most film histories concentrate on the movies and