Picture (New York Review Books Classics)

Picture (New York Review Books Classics)

A classic look at Hollywood and the American film industry byÂ The New Yorker's Lillian Ross, and named one of the "Top 100 Works of U.S. Journalism of the Twentieth Century."

Lillian Ross worked atÂ The New YorkerÂ for more than half a century, and might be described not only as an outstanding practitioner of modern long-form journalism but also as one of its inventors.Â Picture, originally published in 1952, is her most celebrated piece of reportage, a closely observed and completely absorbing story of how studio politics and misguided commercialism turn a promising movie into an all-around disaster. The charismatic and hard-bitten director and actor John Huston is at the center of the book, determined to make Stephen Craneâ€™sÂ The Red Badge of Courageâ€”one of the great and defining works of American literature, the first modern war novel, a book whose vivid imagistic style invites the description of cinematicâ€”into a movie that is worthy of it. At first all goes well, as Huston shoots and puts together a two-hour film that is, he feels, the best heâ€™s ever made. Then the studio bosses step in and the audience previews begin, conferences are held, and the movie is taken out of Hustonâ€™s hands, cut down by a third, and finally releasedâ€”with results that please no one and certainly not the public: It was an expensive flop. InÂ Picture, which Charlie Chaplin aptly described as â€œbrilliant and sagacious,â€ Ross is a gadfly on the wall taking note of the operations of a system designed to crank out mediocrity.
Country USA
Brand New York Review of Books
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
Color Silver
ReleaseDate 2019-04-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781681373157

Country	USA
Brand	New York Review of Books
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
Binding	Paperback
Color	Silver
ReleaseDate	2019-04-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781681373157

Picture (New York Review Books Classics)

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