{"product_id":"polly-platt-hollywood-production-design-and-creative-authorship-hardcover","title":"Polly Platt: Hollywood Production Design and Creative Authorship - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAaron Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the career and creative labour of production designer Polly Platt. It focuses mainly on her contributions to 1970s Hollywood, but also considers her later work. Considering films such as \u003ci\u003eThe Last Picture Show\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePaper Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bad News Bears, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Witches of Eastwick\u003c\/i\u003e, it argues that Platt's construction of their visual palette and mise-en-scène was so creative and so comprehensive that it can be considered authorial. Chapters discuss Platt's life and its influence on her work, her attention to detail, her role in location decisions and costume design, and her use of colour. An epilogue discusses her later career as a producer and her mentorship to young filmmakers like Cameron Crowe and Wes Anderson. This is the first full-length examination of the career of one of the women practitioners whose work was so important to 1970s cinema, and provides an alternative methodology to the auteur-driven framing that so regularly defines the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the career and creative labour of production designer Polly Platt. It focuses mainly on her contributions to 1970s Hollywood, but also considers her later work. Considering films such as \u003ci\u003eThe Last Picture Show\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePaper Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bad News Bears, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Witches of Eastwick\u003c\/i\u003e, it argues that Platt's construction of their visual palette and mise-en-scène was so creative and so comprehensive that it can be considered authorial. Chapters discuss Platt's life and its influence on her work, her attention to detail, her role in location decisions and costume design, and her use of colour. An epilogue discusses her later career as a producer and her mentorship to young filmmakers like Cameron Crowe and Wes Anderson. This is the first full-length examination of the career of one of the women practitioners whose work was so important to 1970s cinema, and provides an alternative methodology to the auteur-driven framing that so regularly defines the era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAaron Hunte\u003c\/b\u003er lectures in the department of film at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. His monograph \u003ci\u003eAuthoring Hal Ashby: The Myth of the New Hollywood Auteur\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) constructs an alternative, multiple-authorship framework for understanding New Hollywood, an approach he continues in this work on Polly Platt. His collection \u003ci\u003eWomen and New Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e, co-edited with Martha Shearer, will be published in 2022.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAaron Hunte\u003c\/b\u003er lectures in the department of film at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. His monograph \u003ci\u003eAuthoring Hal Ashby: The Myth of the New Hollywood Auteur\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) constructs an alternative, multiple-authorship framework for understanding New Hollywood, an approach he continues in this work on Polly Platt. His collection \u003ci\u003eWomen and New Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e, co-edited with Martha Shearer, will be published in 2022.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51785602826528,"sku":"9783030821197","price":194.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5af2164d589360d961757d595c7ab890.webp?v=1780617638","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/polly-platt-hollywood-production-design-and-creative-authorship-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}