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World Film Location – San Francisco
Author(s): Scott Jordan Harris (Author)
- Publisher: Intellect
- Publication Date: 5 July 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 128 pages
- ISBN-10: 1783200286
- ISBN-13: 9781783200283
Book Description
Audiences across the world, as well as many of the world’s greatest film directors – including Buster Keaton, Orson Welles, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, David Fincher and Steven Soderbergh – have been seduced by San Francisco. This book is the ideal escape to the city by the bay for arm chair travellers and cinephiles alike.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘As well as brief, illustrated pieces on the films and locations, each usefully plotted on a map, there are seven longer essays on themes such as queer culture, noir, and Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco. A great guide to the celluloid city.’
‘Scott Jordan Harris’s book made me fall even deeper in love with both movies and San Francisco. When I first arrived in The Bay Area I saw every inch as a movie location, and that has never changed. The city infects you with a cinematographers eye, shooting imaginary movies with a magnificent back drop up on every corner and hill top. Thankfully, Harris has provided us with a marvelous guided tour of the inspiration many masters and lesser-known film-makers minded from Fog City, taking our journey forward with a thoughtful analysis of the past.’
About the Author
Scott Jordan Harris writes for The Spectator and co-edits its arts blog. He is also the editor of The Big Picture magazine and the book World Film Locations: New York. He has contributed to several books on cinema and has written for numerous other publications, including Fangoria, Scope, PopMatters and Rugby World. His blog – http://apetrifiedfountain.blogspot.com/ – was named by Running in Heels as one of the world’s 12 ‘best movie blogs’.
