Fifty Hollywood Directors

摘要

Fifty Hollywood Directors is a solid and readable book that looks at the historical, cultural and, at times, technological milieu of 50 important film directors. The book is both a reference book and not. An entry in the Routledge Key Guide series, the work provides an overview of 50 directors from 3 distinct Hollywood eras: silent, classical and new. An essay on each director, accessible to both the novice and expert film aficionado, is followed by a very brief biography, notes, filmography and several recommended readings. The editors begin with an explanatory introduction, and conclude with a comprehensive index. The work will be of interest to a range of libraries from academic to public, and the title could be located in a circulating collection or reference collection, as it contains both narrative and reference elements. The title is also available in e-book format, which obviates the need to decide.