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THE FILMS OF VINCENTE MINNELLI By James Naremore. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1993. 202 pp.
This study, part of the Cambridge Film Classics series, is a worthy addition to the literature about Vincente Minnelli and to film criticism in general. The book looks at Minnelli's films in the context of both American culture and the culture of the studio system.
In chapter 1, entitled "The Aesthete in the Factory." James Naremore talks about Minnelli's career from his days as a window decorator...