Box office poison Hollywood's story in a century of flops
"From grand follies to misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous sequels to catastrophic literary adaptations, Box Office Poison tells a hugely entertaining alternative history of Hollywood, through a century of its most notable flops. What can these films tell us about the Hollywood system, the public...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada :
Hanover Square Press,
2024.
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| Summary: | "From grand follies to misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous sequels to catastrophic literary adaptations, Box Office Poison tells a hugely entertaining alternative history of Hollywood, through a century of its most notable flops. What can these films tell us about the Hollywood system, the public's appetite--or lack of it--and the circumstances that saw such flops actually made? Away from the canon, this is the definitive take on these ill-fated, but essential celluloid failures"-- |
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| Item Description: | First published in 2024 by Faber. |
| Physical Description: | 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-315) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781335147318 1335147314 |
