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Author:   Scott Jordan Harris (United Kingdom.)
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.245kg
ISBN:  

9781783200283

ISBN 10:   1783200286
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   15 August 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Maps/Scenes Scenes 1–8 – 1898–1947 Scenes 9–16 – 1951–1963 Scenes 17–24 – 1967–1974 Scenes 25–32 – 1974–1984 Scenes 33–39 – 1986–1995 Scenes 40–46 – 1996–2011 Essays San Francisco: City of the Imagination – Omar Moore The Golden Gate Bridge: Gateway, Escape Route and Battleground – Neil Mitchell City of Shadows: A Brief History of Film Noir in San Francisco – Brian Darr Alfred Hitchcock Presents San Francisco: The Master and the City by the Bay – Craig Phillips Faster Than A Speeding Bullitt: San Franciscan Cinema's Famous Car Chases – Mel Valentin Callahan's City: Dirty Harry and the Mean Streets of San Francisco – Elisabeth Rappe Midnight Mission: Queer Culture and Midnight Movies in San Francisco – Jason LeRoy

Reviews

'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.' -- PD Smith, The Guardian '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.' -- Ted Hope, Executive Director, San Francisco Film Society

An elegant tribute to the films and locations that have given New York its private real estate in our minds. The contributors are so immediately readable and movie-savvy. (Roger Ebert)

Author Information

Scott Jordan Harris is a culture critic for the Daily Telegraph, a contributor to the BBC's The Film Programme and a UK correspondent for Roger Ebert. He is the author of several books, most recently, World Film Locations: Chicago, also published by Intellect.

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