THE WAY HOLLYWOOD TELLS IT: STORY AND STYLE IN MODERN MOVIES

Book ID/图书代码： 13520014B69581

English Summary/英文概要： Hollywood moviemaking is one of the constants of American life, but how much has it changed since the glory days of the big studios? David Bordwell argues that the principles of visual storytelling created in the studio era are alive and well, even in today’s bloated blockbusters. American filmmakers have created a durable tradition—one that we should not be ashamed to call artistic, and one that survives in both mainstream entertainment and niche-marketed indie cinema. Bordwell traces the continuity of this tradition in a wide array of films made since 1960, from romantic comedies like Jerry Maguire and Love Actually to more imposing efforts like A Beautiful Mind. He also draws upon testimony from writers, directors, and editors who are acutely conscious of employing proven principles of plot and visual style. Within the limits of the “classical” approach, innovation can flourish. Bordwell examines how imaginative filmmakers have pushed the premises of the system in films such as JFK, Memento, and Magnolia. He discusses generational, technological, and economic factors leading to stability and change in Hollywood cinema and includes close analyses of selected shots and sequences. As it ranges across four decades, examining classics like American Graffiti and The Godfather as well as recent success like The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, this book provides a vivid and engaging interpretation of how Hollywood moviemakers have created a vigorous, resourceful tradition of cinematic storytelling that continues to engage audiences around the world.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 好莱坞电影风靡全球，其中蕴含着怎样的成功秘诀？作者分析了自1960年以来好莱坞电影在艺术和技术上的发展和变化，着重分析了那些好莱坞电影叙事中的经典法则，从票房大片到独立影片，那些好莱坞叫好又叫座的电影，它们拥有着怎样的故事与风格。最后还附上了1960至2004年好莱坞电影的统计年表，具有极高的参考价值。

大卫•波德维尔认为，在大制片厂时期创立的视觉叙事法则，即使到了今天这个浮躁、膨胀的大片时代，依然鲜活有效。他分析了1960年以来的众多好莱坞影片，从浪漫喜剧如《甜心先生》《真爱至上》到更为深沉的作品如《美丽心灵》等，对好莱坞叙事法则的传承与延续进行了追溯。本书涉及范围横跨四十余年，在考察经典佳作的同时，如《美国风情画》和《教父》系列，亦对商业上大获成功的影片进行解析，如《虎胆龙威》《指环王》。好莱坞电影人是如何创造了这样一套充满活力又富于智慧的电影叙事传统，至今仍然继续吸引全球各地的观众，在这里你可以找到答案。(DB)

Awards/获奖情况：“大卫•波德维尔是电影方面非常好的作者。他深深地了解电影，热爱电影，并乐于书写电影。他的思路清晰又富于感性，阅读其文章本身就是一种享受。他的书解放了我们的双眼，让我们明白电影正在做什么，以及为什么这么做。我觉得他的著作可谓一鸣惊人。”——罗杰•伊伯特（Roger Ebert，影评人，普利策奖获得者）

"This book is simply first-rate and exhaustive in terms of its scholarship and research, and is well-written, insightful, accessible, and engaging. Bordwell throws a wrench into the ways that Hollywood cinema since the 1960s is frequently taught and theorized, presenting a complex but clear picture that will stand as one of the most important books on American film from the 1960s to the present."—John Caldwell, Professor of Film and Television, UCLA
"In The Way Hollywood Tells It, David Bordwell treats us to an analytic account and history of the craft of modern Hollywood filmmaking which is at once concise and detailed. There is no shortage of scholarly literature on contemporary Hollywood, but none of it lives up to the standards set by Bordwell here. No one else has this range, depth, sophistication or authority. More remarkable still, Bordwell pulls this off with remarkable lightness of touch."—Murray Smith, University of Kent
"David Bordwell is our best writer on the cinema. He is deeply informed about films, he loves them, and he writes about them with a clarity and perception that makes the prose itself a joy to read. Because he sees movies so freshly and deeply he isn’t deceived by the usual categories and finds excellence and experiment in unexpected places. For him it’s no simple matter of the mainstream vs. the indies. By showing, often in shot-by-shot detail, how films communicate through style as much as subject and story, his book is liberating, allowing us to see precisely what films are doing, and why. I find David Bordwell’s book to be simply astonishing."—Roger Ebert

About the Author/作者介绍： 大卫•波德维尔（David Bordwell），美国当代电影理论家和作家，威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校传播艺术学院的名誉教授，法国电影资料馆的顾问。国际电影学界多产、具影响力的教科书编纂者，著有《世界电影史》《电影艺术：形式与风格》《电影诗学》《观照电影》等重要的学术著作。

David Bordwell is Jacques Ledoux Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds a master’s degree and a doctorate in film from the University of Iowa. His books include The Films of Carl Theodor Dreyer (University of California Press, 1981), Narration in the Fiction Film (University of Wisconsin Press, 1985), Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema (Princeton University Press, 1988), Making Meaning: Inference and Rhetoric in the Interpretation of Cinema (Harvard University Press, 1989), The Cinema of Eisenstein (Harvard University Press, 1993), On the History of Film Style (Harvard University Press, 1997), Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment (Harvard University Press, 2000), Figures Traced in Light: On Cinematic Staging (University of California Press, 2005), The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies (University of California Press, 2006), and The Poetics of Cinema (Routledge, 2008). He has won a University Distinguished Teaching Award and was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Copenhagen. His web site is www.davidbordwell.net.

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