Think about some commercially successful film masterpieces--The Manchurian Candidate. Seven Days in May. Then consider some lesser known, yet equally compelling cinematic achievements--The Fixer. The Gypsy Moths. These triumphs are the work of the most highly regarded Hollywood director to emerge from live TV drama in the 1950s-- John Frankenheimer. Although a pioneer in the genre of political thrillers who embraced the anti-modernist critique of contemporary society, many claimed that at a midpoint in his career he had lost his touch. World-renowned film scholars put this myth to rest in A…mehr
Think about some commercially successful film masterpieces--The Manchurian Candidate. Seven Days in May. Then consider some lesser known, yet equally compelling cinematic achievements--The Fixer. The Gypsy Moths. These triumphs are the work of the most highly regarded Hollywood director to emerge from live TV drama in the 1950s-- John Frankenheimer. Although a pioneer in the genre of political thrillers who embraced the anti-modernist critique of contemporary society, many claimed that at a midpoint in his career he had lost his touch. World-renowned film scholars put this myth to rest in A Little Solitaire, which offers the only multidisciplinary critical account of Frankenheimer's oeuvre.
Murray Pomerance is an independent film scholar in Toronto and the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including Johnny Depp Lives Here (Rutgers University Press). He is the coeditor of the Star Decades and Screen Decades series (Rutgers University Press). R. Barton Palmer is the Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson University, where he directs the film studies program. He is the author, editor, or general editor of numerous books including Larger than Life: Movie Stars of the 1950s (Rutgers University Press).
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Acknowledgments Introduction: Why Don't You Pass the Time by Playing a Little Solitaire? by R. Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance Part I. Thrills 1. Murdered Souls, Conspiratorial Cabals: Frankenheimer's Paranoia Films, by David Sterritt 2. The Manchurian Candidate: Compromised Agency and Uncertain Causality, by Charles Ramirez Berg 3. Stealth, Sexuality, and Cult Status in The Manchurian Candidate and Seconds, by Rebecca Bell-Metereau 4. The Train: John Frankenheimer's "Rape of Europa", by Matthew H. Bernstein 5. Action and Abstraction in Ronin, by Stephen Prince Part II. Politics 6. Late Frankenheimer/Political Frankenheimer, by Douglas McFarland 7. John Frankenheimer's "War on Terror", by Corey K. Creekmur 8. The Burning Season: Environmentalism versus Progress? by Robin L. Murray 9. Pictures and Prizes: Le Grand Prix de Rome and Grand Prix, by Victoria Duckett Part III. Families 10. Crashing In: Birdman of Alcatraz, by Tom Conley 11. Walking the Line with the Fille Fatale, by Linda Ruth Williams 12. Live TV, Filmed Theater, and the New Hollywood: John Frankenheimer's The Iceman Cometh, by James Morrison 13. Ashes, Ashes: Structuring Emptiness in All Fall Down, by Murray Pomerance Part IV. Secrets 14. An American in Paris: John Frankenheimer's Impossible Object, by Jerry Mosher 15. Shot from the Sky: The Gypsy Moths and the End of Something, by Dennis Bingham 16. Frankenheimer and the Science Fiction/Horror Film, by Christine Cornea 17. The Fixer: A Jew Who Could Be Any Man, Any Time, Anywhere, by R. Barton Palmer 18. Jonah, by Bill Krohn John Frankenheimer's Directorial Career: A Chronology Works Cited and Consulted Contributors Index
Acknowledgments Introduction: Why Don't You Pass the Time by Playing a Little Solitaire? by R. Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance Part I. Thrills 1. Murdered Souls, Conspiratorial Cabals: Frankenheimer's Paranoia Films, by David Sterritt 2. The Manchurian Candidate: Compromised Agency and Uncertain Causality, by Charles Ramirez Berg 3. Stealth, Sexuality, and Cult Status in The Manchurian Candidate and Seconds, by Rebecca Bell-Metereau 4. The Train: John Frankenheimer's "Rape of Europa", by Matthew H. Bernstein 5. Action and Abstraction in Ronin, by Stephen Prince Part II. Politics 6. Late Frankenheimer/Political Frankenheimer, by Douglas McFarland 7. John Frankenheimer's "War on Terror", by Corey K. Creekmur 8. The Burning Season: Environmentalism versus Progress? by Robin L. Murray 9. Pictures and Prizes: Le Grand Prix de Rome and Grand Prix, by Victoria Duckett Part III. Families 10. Crashing In: Birdman of Alcatraz, by Tom Conley 11. Walking the Line with the Fille Fatale, by Linda Ruth Williams 12. Live TV, Filmed Theater, and the New Hollywood: John Frankenheimer's The Iceman Cometh, by James Morrison 13. Ashes, Ashes: Structuring Emptiness in All Fall Down, by Murray Pomerance Part IV. Secrets 14. An American in Paris: John Frankenheimer's Impossible Object, by Jerry Mosher 15. Shot from the Sky: The Gypsy Moths and the End of Something, by Dennis Bingham 16. Frankenheimer and the Science Fiction/Horror Film, by Christine Cornea 17. The Fixer: A Jew Who Could Be Any Man, Any Time, Anywhere, by R. Barton Palmer 18. Jonah, by Bill Krohn John Frankenheimer's Directorial Career: A Chronology Works Cited and Consulted Contributors Index
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