UNITED STATES · 1952

The Bad and the Beautiful

Vincente Minnelli
ambition and ruthlessness Hollywood power dynamics betrayal and manipulation rise and fall narrative perspective and unreliable testimony
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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.

Year1952
CountryUnited States
DirectorVincente Minnelli
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