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The Bad and the Beautiful
Drama, Romance
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy morally complex show-business dramas about ruthless ambition, creative collaboration, and the personal costs of success.
- Tone
- melancholic, tense, bittersweet
- Payoff
- reflection, catharsis
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- non-linear
- Themes
- ambition, betrayal, artistic compromise, exploitation, reputation
- Setting
- mid-twentieth-century, Hollywood studio system and glamorous film sets
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