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Money for nothing
a history of the music video, from the Beatles to the White Stripes
By Austerlitz, Saul
- ISBN
- 978-0-82641-818-0
- Publisher
- New York : Continuum, 2007.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on January 29, 2007
In this look back on the music video genre, film and music critic Austerlitz does an admirable job explaining how early pioneers like the Beatles and Bob Dylan paved the way for the Madonnas and Michael Jacksons of the 1980s, the decade in which the music video thrived. Unfortunately, Austerlitz muddles his historical narrative by arranging it more by theme than by chronology. Focusing on specific directors like Michel Gondry and Paul Hunter, topics such as comedy and minimalism...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
