Five Came Back
A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War
by Mark Harris
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Film History, Most Recommended Books, and History.
In Pictures at a Revolution, Mark Harris turned the story of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967 into a landmark work of cultural history, a book about the transformation of an art form and the larger social shift it signified. In Five Came Back, he achieves something larger and even more remarkable, giving us the untold story of how...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Film History, Most Recommended Books, and History.
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Edgar Wright
“NB. This book, along with 'Five Came Back' and 'Pictures At A Revolution' prove that @MarkHarrisNYC is one of the very best writers on film, and I just want him to live forever so he can write all the film books.”
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