«Essential . . . thrilling . . . invaluable.» Irish Times
«Absorbing . . . rippling with fun and atmosphere.» Sight & Sound
«Hollywood's ultimate oral history.» New Yorker
The greatest discussion in the history of Hollywood.
From the archives of the American Film Institute emerges a unique picture of what it meant to work in Hollywood from its early days to the present. Hollywood: The Oral History allows the reader to "hear" the candid statements from the biggest names in cinema - Bette Davis, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Jane Fonda, Harold Lloyd - but also the biggest names behind the camera - Frank Capra, Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Jordan Peele, as well as musicians, writers, sound technicians, editors, makeup artists, and even public servants and journalists who shaped what we saw and heard on the screen.
The legendary film scholar Jeanine Basinger and New York Times author Sam Wasson have undertaken the colossal task of weaving these thousands of hours of conversations into a discussion that is lively, funny, insightful, historically accurate, and genuinely honest in portraying the everyday life of Hollywood.
Pages: 768, Dimensions: 15.2x15.2cm
