{"product_id":"hollywood-in-san-francisco-location-shooting-and-the-aesthetics-of-urban-decline-paperback-softback-9781477317556","title":"Hollywood in San Francisco; Location Shooting and the Aesthetics of Urban Decline (Paperback \/ softback) 9781477317556","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHollywood in San Francisco\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLocation Shooting and the Aesthetics of Urban Decline\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoshua Gleich (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477317556, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 November 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.567 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eHollywood in San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e is valuable for its wide-ranging historical scholarship on the golden age of location shooting in San Francisco.\u003c\/div\u003e (Cineaste) \u003cdiv\u003eThis thoroughly researched book depicts a faithful account of the practice of decentralization of location shooting to the north of Los Angeles in the postwar era....We have come to know Joshua Gleich as a knowledgeable, prolific, and engaged commentator on film and television history, and on connecting various disciplines in urban and media studies, and this book is part of that universe... At a time when records and archives are under threat of simply being thrown away, an account this dense as Gleich’s book is more than timely.\u003c\/div\u003e (Historic Journal of Film, Radio and Television)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the country\u0026amp;#x2019;s most picturesque cities and conveniently located just a few hours\u0026amp;#x2019; drive from Hollywood, San Francisco became the most frequently and extensively filmed American city beyond the production hubs of Los Angeles and New York in the three decades after World War II. During those years, the cinematic image of the city morphed from the dreamy beauty of \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e to the nightmarish wasteland of \u003ci\u003eDirty Harry\u003c\/i\u003e, although San Francisco itself experienced no such decline. This intriguing disconnect gives impetus to \u003ci\u003eHollywood in San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e, the most comprehensive study to date of Hollywood\u0026amp;#x2019;s move from studio to location production in the postwar era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this thirty-year history of feature filmmaking in San Francisco, Joshua Gleich tracks a sea change in Hollywood production practices, as location shooting overtook studio-based filming as the dominant production method by the early 1970s. He shows how this transformation intersected with a precipitous decline in public perceptions of the American city, to which filmmakers responded by developing a stark, realist aesthetic that suited America\u0026amp;#x2019;s growing urban pessimism and superseded a fidelity to local realities. Analyzing major films set in San Francisco, ranging from \u003ci\u003eDark Passage\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Towering Inferno\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBullitt\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the TV show \u003ci\u003eThe Streets of San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e, Gleich demonstrates that the city is a physical environment used to stage urban fantasies that reveal far more about Hollywood filmmaking and American culture than they do about San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Postwar Location Shooting, the Semi-Documentary, and \u003ci\u003eDark Passage\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. The Cine-Tourist City: From Cinerama to \u003ci\u003eThe Lineup\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. “\u003cbr\u003eSick Tales of a Healthy Land”\u003cbr\u003e: Blake Edwards in San Francisco\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Countercultural Capital: Hollywood Chases the Summer of Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. The Manhattanization of San Francisco: \u003ci\u003eDirty Harry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Streets of San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Hollywood North \/ Hollywood Resurgence: \u003ci\u003eThe Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Towering Inferno\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: Hollywood’\u003cbr\u003es San Francisco\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix. Films Set and\/or Shot in San Francisco between 1945 and 1975\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52589128646936,"sku":"9781477317556","price":25.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/hollywood-in-san-francisco-location-shooting-and-the-aesthetics-of-urban-decline-paperback-softback-9781477317556","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}