Books: The Whole Equation, by David Thomson, Little, Brown, Pounds 22.50. ; by Alex Sarll

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David Thomson's latest book is described as 'A History of Hollywood', but this only begins to describe it. It's also an economy, an aesthetics, a philosophy of Hollywood.

It's an idiosyncratic book, at least as much a personal credo as a textbook, but it still does an admirable job of explaining how the American film industry works. For the most part the explanations are clear enough that the interested novice can follow them, but Thomson (renowned for his Biographical Dictionary of Film) is expert enough that even those familiar with the subject will learn much.

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Books: The Whole Equation, by David Thomson, Little, Brown, Pounds 22.50. ; by Alex Sarll

Admittedly there are passages when one cannot expla...

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