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Henry Bumstead and the World of Hollywood Art Direction Andrew Horton

Henry Bumstead and the World of Hollywood Art Direction By Andrew Horton

Henry Bumstead and the World of Hollywood Art Direction by Andrew Horton


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Henry Bumstead, one of Hollywood's most celebrated production designers, worked on more than one hundred movies and television films. This book tells the stories of Henry Bumstead's career and the evolution of Hollywood art direction. It includes production drawings, storyboards, and film stills that illustrate how his designs translated to film.

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Henry Bumstead and the World of Hollywood Art Direction by Andrew Horton

From a hotel in Marrakech in The Man Who Knew Too Much, to small-town Alabama in To Kill a Mockingbird, to Mission Control in Space Cowboys, creating a fictional, yet wholly believable world in which to film a movie has been the passion and life's work of Henry Bumstead, one of Hollywood's most celebrated production designers. In a career that has spanned nearly seventy years, Bumstead has worked on more than one hundred movies and television films. His many honors include Academy Awards for Art Direction for To Kill a Mockingbird and The Sting, as well as nominations for Vertigo and The Unforgiven. This popularly written and extensively illustrated book tells the intertwining stories of Henry Bumstead's career and the evolution of Hollywood art direction. Andrew Horton combines his analysis of Bumstead's design work with wide-ranging interviews in which Bumstead talks about working with top directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, George Roy Hill, Robert Mulligan, and Clint Eastwood, as well as such stars as Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Doris Day, Jimmy Stewart, Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Jerry Lewis, and James Cagney. Numerous production drawings, storyboards, and film stills illustrate how Bumstead's designs translated to film. This portrait of Bumstead's career underscores an art director's crucial role in shaping the look of a film and also tracks the changes in production design from the studio era through location shooting to today's use of high-tech special effects.

Henry Bumstead and the World of Hollywood Art Direction Reviews

"...Henry Bumstead and the World of Hollywood Art Direction is essential reading for anyone interested in this crucial aspect of filmmaking." -- James Deutsch Film International

About Andrew Horton

ANDREW HORTON is the Jeanne H. Smith Professor of Film and Video Studies at the University of Oklahoma, an award-winning screenwriter, and the author of twenty books on film, screenwriting, and cultural studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction. "Not Everything You Draw Shows Up in the Shot!" 1. The Paramount Years: "We All Wore Suits and Ties" 2. The Hitchcock Films: "Never in My Wildest Dreams!" 3. Universal Studios, Robert Mulligan, and To Kill a Mockingbird 4. Working with George Roy Hill: From Dresden to Venice and Everywhere in Between 5. The Eastwood Films: "Clint Does His Homework" 6. Final Takes on a Handful of Favorites Toward a Conclusion Notes Filmography Selected Bibliography Index

Additional information

CIN0292705190G
9780292705197
0292705190
Henry Bumstead and the World of Hollywood Art Direction by Andrew Horton
Used - Good
Hardback
University of Texas Press
2003-10-01
205
N/A
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