Description
Updated and expanded for the third edition, this volume combines scholarship with movie lore to present a comprehensive account of the development and influence of the American screenwriter. The text is written in an informal style and includes anecdotes and stories that spotlight writer's creative work and their struggle to achieve recognition.
Reviews
A fascinating, entertaining romp through the forest of writing for films. You will encounter flora and fauna of the art and business of cinema dramaturgy. It is com pulsory reading for professional and layman alike. Stempel offers the first general account of the development and influence of the American screenwriter. . . . He discusses hundreds of individual writers, the workings of the writing departments of the big studios during Hollywood's heyday, the impact of McCarthyism and the blacklist on the profession. . . . A real cornerstone item for film studies collections and a genuinely, enjoyably readable one. Informal in style and anecdotal in approach, this perceptive account is filled with stories spotlighting writers' creative work and their struggle to achieve recognition. Individual chapters on the narrative styles of the major studios offer fascinating evi dence of the way in which a single producer could determine the structure of all scripts under his control. . . . An invaluable resource for anyone interested in film, popular culture, or twentieth-century American writing.
Book Information
ISBN 9780815606543
Author Tom Stempel
Format Paperback
Page Count 323
Imprint Syracuse University Press
Publisher Syracuse University Press
Series Television and Popular Culture
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 20mm
Reviews
A fascinating, entertaining romp through the forest of writing for films. You will encounter flora and fauna of the art and business of cinema dramaturgy. It is com pulsory reading for professional and layman alike. Stempel offers the first general account of the development and influence of the American screenwriter. . . . He discusses hundreds of individual writers, the workings of the writing departments of the big studios during Hollywood's heyday, the impact of McCarthyism and the blacklist on the profession. . . . A real cornerstone item for film studies collections and a genuinely, enjoyably readable one. Informal in style and anecdotal in approach, this perceptive account is filled with stories spotlighting writers' creative work and their struggle to achieve recognition. Individual chapters on the narrative styles of the major studios offer fascinating evi dence of the way in which a single producer could determine the structure of all scripts under his control. . . . An invaluable resource for anyone interested in film, popular culture, or twentieth-century American writing.
Book Information
ISBN 9780815606543
Author Tom Stempel
Format Paperback
Page Count 323
Imprint Syracuse University Press
Publisher Syracuse University Press
Series Television and Popular Culture
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 20mm
