Scott Meslow
From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy
From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy
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The romantic comedy has been overlooked by the Academy Awards and critics, but From Hollywood with Love celebrates and analyzes the genre with the critical lens it deserves. It spans from the late 80s to the mid-00s, featuring original black-and-white sketches and exclusive interviews with actors and filmmakers.
Format: Hardback
Length: 432 pages
Publication date: 17 February 2022
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
No Hollywood genre has been more misunderstood—or more unfairly under-appreciated—than the romantic comedy. Funny, charming, and reliably crowd-pleasing, rom-coms were the essential backbone of the Hollywood landscape, launching the careers of many of Hollywood's most talented actors and filmmakers, such as Julia Roberts and Matthew McConaughey, and providing many of the yet limited creative opportunities women had in Hollywood. But despite—or perhaps because of—all that, the rom-com has routinely been overlooked by the Academy Awards or snobbishly dismissed by critics. In From Hollywood with Love, culture writer and GQ contributor Scott Meslow seeks to right this wrong, celebrating and analyzing rom-coms with the appreciative, insightful critical lens they've always deserved.
Beginning with the golden era of the romantic comedy—spanning from the late 80s to the mid-00s with the breakthrough of films such as When Harry Met Sally —to the rise of streaming and the long-overdue push for diversity setting the course for films such as the groundbreaking, franchise-spawning Crazy Rich Asians, Meslow examines the evolution of the genre through its many iterations, from its establishment of new tropes, the Austen and Shakespeare rewrites, the many love triangles, and even the occasional brave decision to do away with the happily ever after.
Featuring original black-and-white sketches of iconic movie scenes and exclusive interviews with the directors, writers, and stars of the iconic films that defined the genre, From Hollywood with Love is a must-read for anyone who loves the rom-com and wants to understand why it's still the most beloved and enduring genre in Hollywood today.
Weight: 580g
Dimension: 161 x 238 x 38 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780063026292
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