By meticulously compiling the details of how movies have been
made and financed since the medium′s inception, chronicling their
performances at the box office, and offering expert commentary
about the most important trends of the last one hundred years, the
authors of this book have given readers a singularly unique
perspective on the film-making industry and a superlative blueprint
for future successful filmmaking ventures.
Taking us decade by decade, this book focuses on the revenues,
costs, production and distribution of 300 of the most critically
and financially successful movies of all time from the business′s
origins through 2005. Its numerous essays examine trends in war,
noir, bio-drama, biblical, epic, musical, western, disaster, crime,
and action adventure films, as well as the advent the summer movie,
auteur filmmaking, and the revolutionary advances that have been
made in film technology over time. Furthermore, its full complement
of charts, graphs and diagrams presenting such things as salary
histories, awards and honors, the number of principal photography
days required, advertising expenditures, domestic versus overseas
profits and more, also include conversions of past movie-making
dollars into current dollar values for easy and relevant
comparisons.
The ideal resource for filmmakers of every kind, this book
evidences that blockbusters have not only been made on relatively
low budgets before, but that they have been made time and time
again through varying economic climates.
George Lucas′s Blockbusting is indispensible reading for all
who love and contribute to the film business.
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