Making-Ofs and Behind the Scenes

Monday, September 17, 2018 to Friday, September 21, 2018

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MGM’s 1925 Studio Tour and Promotional “Tours” of Labor in Early Hollywood

By erinhill

Monday, September 17, 2018

2 comments

The Making of The Night of the Iguana in Mexico

By Daniel Steinhart

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

3 comments

An Avant-Garde Promotional Film Directed by USC Student George Lucas

By andymyers

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

1 comment

The ‘Making-of’ Featurette as a Flirty Object

By Mila Zuo

Thursday, September 20, 2018

2 comments

Cultural Production of Black Panther behind the scenes

By Leah Aldridge

Friday, September 21, 2018

Recent comments

Re: MGM’s 1925 Studio Tour and Promotional “Tours” of Labor in Early Hollywood

Thanks, Daniel. The whole

By erinhill

Friday, September 21, 2018 - 16:58

Thanks, Daniel. The whole film is pretty great and you've reminded me I wanted to link to it. When I first researched it, the only version available online was broken into parts on youtube and the 4th and/or 5th parts are actually from a...
Re: The Making of The Night of the Iguana in Mexico

the making of myth (in the making-of doc)

By erinhill

Friday, September 21, 2018 - 16:53

Great piece, Daniel. It made me wonder (yet again) about how watching these kinds of featurettes shapes the way outsiders view filmmaking and film labor. Would we be more critical of certain filmmakers' labor practices if we hadn't all...
Re: The ‘Making-of’ Featurette as a Flirty Object

acting labor

By Mila Zuo

Friday, September 21, 2018 - 02:57

Thanks for the feedback, Daniel! Examining the affective labors of acting is at the core of my book-in-progress, and I appreciate this opportunity to think about our relationship with paratexts like the making-of. I don't think actors are...
Re: The ‘Making-of’ Featurette as a Flirty Object

Acting

By Daniel Steinhart

Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 20:21

Mila, this piece opened my eyes to an important feature of movie promotions: the teasing quality of teasers, the flirtiness of featurettes. From here you spin off some intriguing ideas that ends with a stunning closer about what...
Re: An Avant-Garde Promotional Film Directed by USC Student George Lucas

A Revelation...

By Daniel Steinhart

Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 05:15

This was a revelation when you first shared this featurette with me. If anyone were to canonize making-ofs, this could be included, as both a subversion and an elevation of the form. This being a Lucas film, it's also hard not to look...

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Making-Ofs and Behind the Scenes

MGM’s 1925 Studio Tour and Promotional “Tours” of Labor in Early Hollywood

The Making of The Night of the Iguana in Mexico

An Avant-Garde Promotional Film Directed by USC Student George Lucas

The ‘Making-of’ Featurette as a Flirty Object

Cultural Production of Black Panther behind the scenes

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