George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success
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AlbakiReads Editorial A data-rich history of how major films were made, financed, and distributed
A data-rich history of how major films were made, financed, and distributed
Organized decade by decade from cinema’s beginnings through 2005, this substantial reference examines 300 commercially and critically successful films through the practical mechanics behind them: budgets, revenues, production schedules, advertising, and domestic versus international returns. Essays trace the changing fortunes of genres including westerns, musicals, noir, war films, epics, disasters, crime stories, and action adventures, alongside developments such as summer releases, auteur filmmaking, and film technology. Charts and diagrams add comparative detail, including historical salary figures, production-day counts, honors, and dollar-value conversions. The book approaches film history through the intertwined lenses of cultural trends and industry economics.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Film-history enthusiasts interested in the business side of movies
- Filmmakers and producers seeking historical production and financing comparisons
- Pop-culture readers who enjoy charts, statistics, and genre history
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Film industry economicsBox-office historyProduction and distributionGenre evolutionFilm technology
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Book Overview By meticulously compiling the details of how movies have been made and financed since the medium′s inception, chronicling their performan...
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.
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.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 976 | Language: English | Publisher: IT BOOKS | ISBN: 0061778893
FormatPaperback
Pages976
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0061778893
EAN9780061778896
PublisherIT BOOKS
Publication Date2010-01-01
Edition1
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight2.67 Pounds
Length9.26 Inches
Width7.62 Inches
Height1.63 Inches
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