Virginia Wright Wexman
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Virginia Wright Wexman is Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Among her other books is Roman Polanski (Twayne).
Who decides how, when, and where Americans fall in love and get married? Virginia Wexman's acute observations about movie stars and acting techniques show that Hollywood has often had the most powerful voice in demonstrating socially sanctioned ways of becoming a couple. Until now serious film critics have paid...
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Today, the director is considered the leading artistic force behind a film. The production of a Hollywood movie requires the labor of many people, from screenwriters and editors to cinematographers and boom operators, but the director as author of the film overshadows them all. How did this concept of the director become so deeply ingrained in our understanding of cinema?
In Hollywood's Artists, Virginia Wright Wexman offers a groundbreaking history...