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A fascinating and quite original contribution to the literature on the representation of urban life in film, valuable not only for its research into the history of Los Angeles but also for its sharp critical and theoretical observations about specific pictures.--James Naremore author of More Than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts (11/08/2016) In this study of city and cinema, Celestino Deleyto searches for and finds Los Angeles. Through a focus on background and the edges of the frame, he shines a light on Hollywood's cinematic city and makes it visible in all of its complexity and diversity. Rigorously researched, theoretically sophisticated, and richly illustrated, this is a wonderful read that reveals Los Angeles in new ways.-- (11/08/2016) Wherever Deleyto wanders in Tinseltown-Bordertown, he never strays from the path he lays out in his first chapter: reminding the reader that film analysis requires a nuanced understanding of onscreen as well as offscreen space...In some ways, I think that this book could only be written by an outsider, and I want to shout out to everyone seeking a better understanding of Los Angeles on film: Read this book!-- (06/12/2017) Celestino Deleyto clearly knows and loves Los Angeles and its films. From Tinseltown to Bordertown is a wide-ranging and engaging study of LA's shifting urban dynamics since 1992 (Rodney King and the riots), as showcased-or erased-in mainstream and independent films. Offering rigorous analyses, making cogent connections, this book is a must read!-- (11/08/2016) Celestino Deleyto provides an extraordinarily nuanced and integrated analysis of contemporary American cinema by looking at Los Angeles-Hollywood's backlot (as the most mediated city on the silver screen), globalism's archetypal metropolis, and a city of neighborhoods with a brown (and mostly Mexican) majority. From Tinseltown to Bordertown moves back and forth between city and screen, and from small budget indies to blockbusters, providing a rare and timely consideration of Hollywood as a diverse set of institutions and industrial practices that are more like a network of freeways than a three-act story. Deleyto offers a new model for film scholarship that maps the otherwise undecipherable tangle of interchanges connecting Hollywood with our multiracial society.-- (11/08/2016)

In this study of city and cinema, Celestino Deleyto searches for and finds Los Angeles. Through a focus on background and the edges of the frame, he shines a light on Hollywood's cinematic city and makes it visible in all of its complexity and diversity. Rigorously researched, theoretically sophisticated, and richly illustrated, this is a wonderful read that reveals Los Angeles in new ways.-- (11/08/2016) A fascinating and quite original contribution to the literature on the representation of urban life in film, valuable not only for its research into the history of Los Angeles but also for its sharp critical and theoretical observations about specific pictures.--James Naremore author of More Than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts (11/08/2016) Wherever Deleyto wanders in Tinseltown-Bordertown, he never strays from the path he lays out in his first chapter: reminding the reader that film analysis requires a nuanced understanding of onscreen as well as offscreen space...In some ways, I think that this book could only be written by an outsider, and I want to shout out to everyone seeking a better understanding of Los Angeles on film: Read this book!-- (06/12/2017) Celestino Deleyto provides an extraordinarily nuanced and integrated analysis of contemporary American cinema by looking at Los Angeles-Hollywood's backlot (as the most mediated city on the silver screen), globalism's archetypal metropolis, and a city of neighborhoods with a brown (and mostly Mexican) majority. From Tinseltown to Bordertown moves back and forth between city and screen, and from small budget indies to blockbusters, providing a rare and timely consideration of Hollywood as a diverse set of institutions and industrial practices that are more like a network of freeways than a three-act story. Deleyto offers a new model for film scholarship that maps the otherwise undecipherable tangle of interchanges connecting Hollywood with our multiracial society.-- (11/08/2016) Celestino Deleyto clearly knows and loves Los Angeles and its films. From Tinseltown to Bordertown is a wide-ranging and engaging study of LA's shifting urban dynamics since 1992 (Rodney King and the riots), as showcased-or erased-in mainstream and independent films. Offering rigorous analyses, making cogent connections, this book is a must read!-- (11/08/2016)

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Celestino Deleyto is professor of film and English literature at the Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain. He is the author of The Secret Life of Romantic Comedy and co-author with María del Mar Azcona of Alejandro González Iñárritu.

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