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The Way Hollywood Tells It

The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous contribution

to this book provided by the Humanities Endowment Fund of the

University of California Press Foundation.

The Way Hollywood Tells It

Story and Style in Modern Movies

david bordwell

University of California Press

berkeley

london

los angeles

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A previous version of “A Stylish Style,” entitled “Intensiﬁed

Continuity: Visual Style in Contemporary American Film,”

appeared in Film Quarterly 55, no. 3 (2002).

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bordwell, David.

The way Hollywood tells it : story and style in modern movies /

David Bordwell.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

isbn 0-520-23227-5 (cloth : alk. paper)

isbn 0-520-24622-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Motion pictures—United States—History. 2. Motion picture

industry—United States—History. 3. Motion pictures—

Aesthetics. I. Title.

pn1993.5.u6b656

2006

791.430973—dc22

2005025774

Manufactured in the United States of America

15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06

10987654321

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements

of ansi/niso z39.48–1992 (r1997) ( Permanence of Paper ).

The Way Hollywood Tells It - Bordwell, David.pdf