Screen LibraryMain Street movies : the history of local film in the United States /
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Indiana University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Bloomington, Indiana, USA : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-287), filmographies (pages 261-274) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780253032539 (paperback) : 0253032539 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | PN1993 |
| CLC: | J909.712 |
| Call Number: | J909.712/J682 |
| Contents: | Introduction: defining the local film -- The silent pageant: municipal booster films -- The home talent film and the origins of itinerancy -- "How movies are made": Hollywood and the local film -- Itinerants adopt a baby: the local Hollywood film and the operational aesthetic -- Kidnapping the movie queen: amateur aesthetics as cultural critique -- The cameraman has visited your town: the local film and the politics of recognition -- Every town has its Main Street: the banal localism of the civic film -- Reclaiming the local film: artifacts, archives, and audiences -- Conclusion: see your to |