Best Pick - A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards (Hardcover)

A fascinating history of motion pictures through the lens of the Academy Awards, the Best Picture winners, and the box-office contenders. In Best Pick: A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards, John Dorney, Jessica Regan, and Tom Salinsky provide a captivating decade-by-decade exploration of the Oscars. For each decade, they examine the making of classic films, trends and innovations in cinema, behind-the-scenes scandals at the awards ceremony, and who won and why. Twenty films are reviewed in-depth, alongside ten detailed "making-of" accounts and capsule reviews of every single Best Picture winner in history. In addition, each Best Picture winner is carefully scrutinized to answer the ultimate question: "Did the Academy get it right?" Full of wonderful stories, cogent analysis, and fascinating insights, Best Pick is a witty and enthralling look at the people, politics, movies, and trends that have shaped our cinematic world.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2022
Authors:	John Dorney • Jessica Regan • Tom Salinsky
Foreword by:	Helen Ohara
Dimensions:	237 x 163 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	332
ISBN-13:	978-1-5381-6310-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > General
LSN:	1-5381-6310-1
Barcode:	9781538163108

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