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[Commlist] New book: Hollywood Independent

Thu Apr 20 09:29:19 GMT 2023



Paul Kerr is pleased to announce the publication of a new book:

Hollywood Independent: How the Mirisch Company Changed Cinema: Paul Kerr: Bloomsbury Academic <https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hollywood-independent-9781501336751/>

/Hollywood Independent /dissects the Mirisch Company, one of the most successful employers of the package-unit system of film production, producing classic films like /The Apartment/ (1960), /West Side Story/ (1961), /The Great Escape/ (1963) and /The Thomas Crown Affair /(1968) as irresistible talent packages. Whilst they helped make the names of a new generation of stars including Steve McQueen and Shirley MacLaine, as well as banking on the reputations of established auteurs like Billy Wilder, they were also pioneers in dealing with controversial new themes with films about race (/In the Heat of the Night/), gender (/Some Like it Hot/) and sexuality (/The Children's Hour/), devising new ways of working with film franchises (/The Magnificent Seven, The Pink Panther/ and /In the Heat of the Night/ spun off 7 Mirisch sequels between them) cinematic cycles and bi-media brands (/The Pink Panther/, /Rat Patrol/), investing in IP with adaptations of bestsellers and Broadway hits, exploiting frozen funds abroad and exploring so-called runaway productions. The Mirisch Company bridges the gap between the end of the studio system in about 1960 and the emergence of a new cinema in the mid-1970s, associated with the Movie Brats.


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