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Bezig met laden... Silent Visions: Discovering Early Hollywood and New York Through the Films of Harold Lloyddoor John Bengtson
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Silent Visions by John Bengtson is the third book to trace the history of early Hollywood through the locations where the films were shot. The previous two cover the films of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Silent Visions does the same with Harold Lloyd's films. Each page of Silent Visions has a still or stills from a Harold Lloyd film (and sometimes multiple films), and when the location still exists, a photograph showing how it looks now. For traveling shots, there's often also a map with locations highlighted and linked to relevant frames from the movie. For silent film enthusiasts and/or readers interested in Los Angeles history in the early decades of the 20th century, Silent Visions (and I'll hazard a guess that the other two) is a fascinating book. There is also a blog called Silent Locations. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Immensely popular and prolific, Harold Lloyd sold more movie tickets during the Golden Age of Comedy than any other comedian. From Coney Island to Catalina Island, and from Brooklyn to Beverly Hills, Lloyd’s movies captured visions of silent-era America unequaled on the silver screen. A stunning work of cinematic archeology, Silent Visions describes the historical settings found in such Lloyd classics as Safety Last!, Girl Shy, and Speedy, and matches them with archival photographs, vintage maps, and scores of then-and-now comparison photographs, illuminating both Lloyd’s comedic genius, and the burgeoning Los Angeles and Manhattan landscapes preserved in the background of his films. The book represents John Bengtson’s completion of his trilogy of works focusing on the three great geniuses of silent film comedy (Keaton, Chaplin, and Lloyd) in what Oscar-winning historian Kevin Brownlow calls "a new art form.” Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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And as a writer in full research mode, I was even more delighted to find tons of useful information. This book created a lot more work for for me, but in the end, it'll make my current project much more accurate. I now must get copies of Bengston's two other works in this vein on the works of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. The author's website is also a fantastic resource.
If you're not into silent movies, this book will still be enjoyed by history buffs and urban geographers, especially those with an interest in the Los Angeles area or New York City. ( )