Main entry:

Sanders, James, 1955-

Title & Author:

Celluloid skyline : New York and the movies / James Sanders.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : A.A. Knopf, 2001.

Description:

[xi], 496 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 460-464) and index.
Filmography: pages 466-478.
Mythic Cities -- Sidewalk Moments -- Filming the City: 1896-1928 -- Dreaming the City -- New Yorkers in Hollywood -- Building the Dream -- The Studio Production System -- On the Town -- Emerald Cities -- Skylines of Fantasy -- Something Big -- Skyscraper and Office Building -- Street Scene -- Row House, Tenement, and Housing Project -- Domestic Elaborations -- Mansion, Apartment, and Loft -- Worlds of Difference -- Dead End and Rear Window -- Lofty Perches -- Penthouse, Terrace, Rooftop, and Nightclub -- Edge of the City -- Waterfront, Train Station, and Grand Hotel -- Dancing Lights -- Broadway and Times Square -- Eight Million Stories -- On Location -- Filming the City After 1945 -- Nighttown -- The Dark Side of the City -- Changing City -- Renewal and Preservation -- A Heightened Reality -- Street Meets Stage.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Explores how movies have shaped, influenced, mythologized, and invented New York City in such films as "42nd Street," "Rear Window," "Taxi Driver," "Annie Hall," and "Ghostbusters," and reveals how the real-life New York City has been transformed by Hollywood.

Resources:
Sample text
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0394570626
9780394570624
0375710272
9780375710278

Subject:

New York (N.Y.) au cinéma.
Motion pictures
Film
New York
Films.
Filmindustrie.
New York (N.Y.) In motion pictures.
New York (State) New York
New York, NY
New York <NY, Motiv>

Form/genre:

Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 221029
Call No.: PN1995.67.N7 S2 2001
Status: Available

Location: Library main 221028
Call No.: PN1995.67.N7 S2 2001
Status: Available