附註:Includes index.
Preface; PART ONE PolyGram and films -- the ins and outs; 1 Early flirtations; 2 When a film is not a film: the long form music video disguise; 3 Commitment and relationships; 4 The strategy unfolds; 5 Building a studio; 6 Four Weddings and a Funeral; 7 Chasing the lion: PolyGram, MGM and Kirk Kerkorian; 8 Green lighting and marketing; 9 The end; PART TWO Influences, titans and characters; 10 Arthur Krim; 11 Lew Grade; 12 Of colleagues; 13 Talent; 14 Politicians; PART THREE Some other bit-parts observed; 15 The control sheet; 16 Opening a movie in America; 17 African-American films.
摘要:PolyGram Filmed Entertainment challenged Hollywood on its own ground, until its potential was destroyed by the machinations of its parent company. This book is an account of its life and death seen through the eyes of its British President, Michael Kuhn.
