Hollywood Independent - Paul Kerr

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Résumé :
Explains how a new kind of independent production company, The Mirisch Company, remade Hollywood in the decade between the end of the studio system in the mid-50s and the emergence of the so-called Movie Brats (Spielberg, Scorsese, Coppola and Lucas) some 15 years later--

Biographie:
Paul Kerr

Sommaire:
Acknowledgements Illustrations Introduction 1. Prequel: What did you do in the war, daddy? The Mirisch brothers before entering production 2. Prequel: The first time: The Mirisches at Monogram, Allied Artists and Moulin Productions 3. How to succeed in business without really trying: Towards a corporate history of the Mirisch companies 4. The organization: Corporate culture and the Mirisch company as 'author' 5. This book is all that I need: Adaptation as aesthetic and business strategy at The Mirisch Company 6. Same time next year or the return of the seven: The Mirisch Company's sequels and series for cinema and television 7. 'You can't kill a squadron': The Mirisch Second World War film cycle 8. The border jumpers: 'Lend lease in reverse' - The Mirisch Company and transnational cinema 9. The children's hour - Why the Mirisch brothers never worked with the movie brats 10. Midway: Between blockbusters and television - The Mirisch Company after United Artists 11. Conclusion - Cast a giant shadow Bibliography Index