Jeanine Basinger

Uno de los más distinguidos eruditos del cine nos ofrece un rico, penetrante y divertido libro sobre la edad de oro de las películas y cómo los estudios trabajaron para la fabricación de estrellas. Con penetrantes informaciones, Basinger nos revela casos centrados en grandes estrellas del sistema: el impresionantemente hermoso Tyrone Power o la desobediente Lara Turner, pasando por todo un deslumbrante elenco de estrellas. Profundamente fascinante, lleno de energia, ingenio y sabiduria, The Star Machine esta destinado a convertirse en un clasico del genero.

Hollywood: The Oral History covers the history of Hollywood from the Silent era up to the 21st century. What makes this book unique from any other survey of Hollywoods history is that it is the history of an art form through the words of those people who created it - from Harold Lloyd to Katharine Hepburn to Warren Beatty to Jane Fonda and beyond, including directors, writers, producers, editors, designers of sets and costumes. As such, the authenticity of the text is irrefutable. The material in the book - gathered over the decades by the American Film Institute - has never been published before, has never been heard before. It is comprehensive - a monument that will never age nor be surpassed.

Jeanine BasingerFrom one of our leading film authorities, a rich, penetrating, amusing plum pudding of a book about the golden age of movies, full of Hollywood lore, anecdotes, and analysis. Jeanine Basinger gives us an immensely entertaining look into the star machine, examining how, at the height of the studio system, from the 1930s to the 1950s, the studios worked to manufacture star actors and actresses. With revelatory insights and delightful asides, she shows us how the machine worked when it worked, how it failed when it didnt, and how irrelevant it could sometimes be. She gives us the human factor, case studies focusing on big stars groomed into the system: the awesomely beautiful (and disillusioned) Tyrone Power; the seductive, disobedient Lana Turner; and a dazzling cast of othersLoretta Young, Errol Flynn, Irene Dunne, Deanna Durbin. She anatomizes their careers, showing how their fame happened, and what happened to them as a result. (Both Lana Turner and Errol Flynn, for instance, were involved in notorious court cases.) In her trenchantly observed conclusion, she explains what has become of the star machine and why the studios practice of making stars is no longer relevant. Deeply engrossing, full of energy, wit, and wisdom, The Star Machine is destined to become an invaluable part of the film canon.

Estudio sobre la obra cinematográfica del director Anthony Mann para su presentación durante el 52º Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián.