{"product_id":"high-contrast-hollywood-paperback","title":"High Contrast Hollywood - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulian Upton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack-and-white cinema effectively died out almost overnight in the mid-1960s. But in the face of a decade of serious competition from colour and widescreen-not to mention visual fads like 3D-black-and- white cinematography remained innovative and even experimental as it reached what looked like its endpoint. The evidence from a host of films from the mid-1950s onwards was that black and white cinematography was also still improving. It still had places to go, new techniques to exhibit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHigh Contrast Hollywood revisits the groundbreaking black-and-white films from the period when the format was first under siege, in the 1950s, to those scarce but bold monochrome movies of the 1970s and '80s, made when black-and-white had long since become a cinematic relic of the past. It chronicles how the resilient medium fought back during the Technicolor and CinemaScope age (1953-62), in films such as \u003cem\u003eBlackboard Jungle\u003c\/em\u003e (1955), \u003cem\u003eMarty\u003c\/em\u003e (1955), \u003cem\u003eThe Apartment \u003c\/em\u003e(1960) and \u003cem\u003ePsycho\u003c\/em\u003e (1960), and details how black and white came back into fashion, thanks to the influence of the French New Wave, in striking adult- oriented 1960s movies such as \u003cem\u003eWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\u003c\/em\u003e (1966), \u003cem\u003eSeconds \u003c\/em\u003e(1966) and \u003cem\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/em\u003e (1967).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHigh Contrast Hollywood also explores how black-and-white film became the format of choice for avant-garde, iconoclastic and maverick directors, in Peter Bogdanovich's \u003cem\u003eThe Last Picture Show\u003c\/em\u003e (1971), Bob Fosse's \u003cem\u003eLenny\u003c\/em\u003e (1974), Mel Brooks' \u003cem\u003eYoung Frankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e (1974), David Lynch's \u003cem\u003eThe Elephant Man\u003c\/em\u003e (1980), Martin Scorsese's \u003cem\u003eRaging Bull \u003c\/em\u003e(1980) and Francis Coppola's \u003cem\u003eRumble Fish\u003c\/em\u003e (1983). Finally, it celebrates the continued power of black and white as it crossed over from celluloid to digital filmmaking, still able to captivate viewers in offbeat and uncompromising films, from \u003cem\u003eEd Wood \u003c\/em\u003e(1993) to \u003cem\u003eSin City\u003c\/em\u003e (2005).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47861428453597,"sku":"9798899760259","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/CFMK9t6lBh9798899760259.webp?v=1777449826","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/high-contrast-hollywood-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}