A History of American Movies : A Film-by-Film Look at the Art, Craft, and Business of Cinema

Cabaret, Raging Bull, Rain Man, Toy Story, and Saving Private Ryan.This is the only book that thoroughly treats Hollywood-and the most significant movies that it has made-simultaneously as the coming together of an art, a craft, and a business. This approach provides unique insight into the workings of one of the most accomplished and successful art forms in human history: the Hollywood feature film. [Publisher's text]