Movie-Made America - A Cultural History Of American Movies: Robert Sklar

Ever since Edison's peep shows first captivated urban audiences, film has had a revolutionary impact on American society, transforming culture from the ground up, radically revising attitudes towards pleasure and sexuality - and at the same time, cementing the myth of the American dream. This vastly readable and richly illustrated volume examines film as an art form, technological innovation, big business and cultural bellwether. It takes in the stars from Douglas Fairbanks to Sly Stallone, autuers from D.W. Griffith to Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee - and genres from the 1930s screwball comedies to the 'hard body' films of the 80s and the indie films of the 1990s.llustrated with over 80 black and white photographs.