“…Denise Mann examines the impact of the radically changed filmmaking climate--the decline of the studios, the rise of television, and the rise of potent talent agencies like MCA--on a group of prominent talent-turned-producers including Burt Lancaster, Joseph Mankiewicz, Elia Kazan, and Billy Wilder.In order to show how these newly independent filmmakers negotiated through an increasingly fraught, reactionary creative atmosphere, Mann analyzes the reflexive portraits of their altered working conditions in such films as A Face in the Crowd, Sweet Smell of Success, and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Evolution of DEI -- CHAPTER 4 Shared Context The Evolution of Race -- PART III YOUR INNER JOURNEY -- CHAPTER 5 Consciously Competent Insights for Your Own Race Journey -- CHAPTER 6 Thinking About How You Think Five Core Muscles -- PART IV CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP -- CHAPTER 7 Uncomfortable Truths and Fearless Leaders Lessons from The Matrix, Singapore, and Texas -- CHAPTER 8 Like Any Other Strategic Priority Commitment, Specificity, and the Science of Small Wins -- PART V NEW POLICIES, NEW PRACTICES -- CHAPTER 9 Recruit Like Billy Beane Look for Talent Where Others Are Not -- CHAPTER 10 Hiring Made Visible Individual Decisions, Institutional Changes -- CHAPTER 11 No Secrets in Pay and Promotions Close the Wage Gap -- Crack Open the Concrete Ceiling -- CHAPTER 12 Building Strategic Partnerships Multiple Stakeholders, Multiple Pathways -- PART VI PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER -- CHAPTER 13 Discovering Your "E" and Measuring Its Impact Insights from Companies Outside Your Industry -- CHAPTER 14 Reimagining the Future The Power of Narrative -- Additional Resources -- Notes -- In Gratitude -- Index…”

“…Praise for Performing Under Pressure ""The game demands more than just talent. You need to e able to perform when it counts. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Much Ado About NothingThe Talented Mr. Ripley; Malcolm X; Gladiator; 3 Blue: The Detached Color; Chapter 5-Powerless, Cerebral, and Warm Blues; Powerless Blues; Tootsie; The Wizard of Oz; Sense and Sensibility; The Shawshank Redemption; Rosemary's Baby; Cerebral Blues; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Malcolm X; Blow-Up; Warm Blues; Working Girl; Billy Elliot; Chocolat; Chapter 6-Melancholy, Cold, and Passive Blues; Melancholy Blues; The Shipping News; About Schmidt; Cold Blues; The Sixth Sense; Snow Falling on Cedars; Romeo + Juliet; Passive Blues; American Beauty; The Cider House Rules…”

“…Readers will find in these pages many behind-the-scenes tales of the productions of certain hard-boiled film classics and the prime players involved in their creation, from Darryl Zanuck and Raymond Chandler to John Seitz and Billy Wilder. This book features: -A clear understanding of how movies are actually made and all the creative artists that contribute, creating a better appreciation for the many talented artistic collaborators that worked in the Hollywood Studio System and who together created film noir; -A behind-the-scenes look at the making of a classic film noir movie that typifies the chapter's subject, allowing the reader to view that film in a new light and think about it from a new prospective; -Appendices of suggested films to screen, film noir books for further reading, and downloadable files containing discussion points and class assignments for each chapter; -An informative and conversational writing style, making the subject matter easy to digest and fun to read. …”