Directed by Vincente Minnelli - ** SIGNED **

Harvey, Stephen (Foreword by Liza Minnelli)

ISBN 10: 0060162635 / ISBN 13: 9780060162634

Published by Museum of Modern Art, 1989

About this Item

As New Volume in a Near Fine UNclipped dust jacket. A beautiful photography volume chronicling Minnelli's director's career - describing the making of 34 films and the MGM operations.Published for the special exhibition at the MOMA, NYC. Foreword by Lisa Minnelli. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titles. * SIGNED * by author DIRECTLY ONTO THE HALF TITLE PAGE (Signature only - NO inscriptions). Dust jacket has original price on front flap; top edge to jacket has one tiny closed tear and a few other crinkles. Author was a film critic and historian. Illustrated with 50 color plates and 166 b/w photographs. 315 pages, including a Bibliography at rear. Heavy volume. Note: Stephen Harvey was a respected film critic, author and curator at the Museum of Modern Art, known for his work at the MGM studio system and work on Vincente Minnelli.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Directed by Vincente Minnelli - ** SIGNED **
• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060162635
• ISBN 13: 9780060162634
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography
  • SIGNED
  • Biography/Autobiography

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Synopsis

Directed by Vincent Minnelli
315 pp. Harvey argues that Minnelli deserves a place in the pantheon of American feature directors alongside Ford, Hitchcock, Welles, et al. Film history, according to Harvey, associate curator of the Museum of Modern Art's Department of Film, has slighted Minnelli because of his long career under MGM contract (1940-66). Scholars usually cast the restraints of the studio system as the major antagonist of the serious director. Therefore the cogency of Minnelli's personal style has either been missed altogether or (wrongly) surmised to be simply more of the stylish extravagance endemic to the "majors." Destined to reign as the definitive study of Minnelli's work because of its ebullient engrossment in detail and historical gestalt, this is also the first major monograph devoted to the topic. On a scale rivaling an erotic reverie in dance by Minnelli, Harvey's mellifluous tribute has great appeal. - Library JournalKeywords: ENTERTAINMENT

Reviews

Harvey argues that Minnelli deserves a place in the pantheon of American feature directors alongside Ford, Hitchcock, Welles, et al. Film history, according to Harvey, associate curator of the Museum of Modern Art's Department of Film, has slighted Minnelli because of his long career under MGM contract (1940-66). Scholars usually cast the restraints of the studio system as the major antagonist of the serious director. Therefore the cogency of Minnelli's personal style has either been missed altogether or (wrongly) surmised to be simply more of the stylish extravagance endemic to the "majors." Destined to reign as the definitive study of Minnelli's work because of its ebullient engrossment in detail and historical gestalt, this is also the first major monograph devoted to the topic. On a scale rivaling an erotic reverie in dance by Minnelli, Harvey's mellifluous tribute has great appeal. Essential for all film collections.
- Robert Rayher, Sch. of the Art Inst. of Chicago
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