Billy Wilder's work remains a masterful combination of incisive social commentary, skilled writing and directing, and unashamed entertainment value. One of Hollywood's foremost emigre filmmakers, Wilder holds a key position in film history via films that represent a complex reflection of his European roots and American cultural influences. This wide-ranging collection of essays by an international group of scholars examines the significance of Wilder's filmmaking from a variety of original perspectives. Engaging with issues of genre, industry, representation and national culture, the volume…mehr
Billy Wilder's work remains a masterful combination of incisive social commentary, skilled writing and directing, and unashamed entertainment value. One of Hollywood's foremost emigre filmmakers, Wilder holds a key position in film history via films that represent a complex reflection of his European roots and American cultural influences. This wide-ranging collection of essays by an international group of scholars examines the significance of Wilder's filmmaking from a variety of original perspectives. Engaging with issues of genre, industry, representation and national culture, the volume provides fresh insights into Wilder's films and opens up his work to further exploration.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Karen McNally is senior lecturer of Film Studies at London Metropolitan University. She has also written on Frank Sinatra and American Male identity, and has contributed to numerous journals and edited collections.
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Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION Karen McNally Part One: Matters of Genre 1. What Exposure Is the World? The Desert Noir of Ace in the Holev Lance Duerfahrd 2. An Unconventional War Film: Death, Disguise and Deception in Five Graves to Cairo Dale M. Pollock 3. Syncope, Syncopation: Musical Hommages to Europe Katherine Arens 4. Realistic Horror: Film Noir and the 1940s Horror Cycle Mark Jancovich Image and Identity 5. Shame and the Single Girl: Reviving Fran and Falling for Baxter in The Apartment Alison R. Hoffman 6. "Have They Forgotten What a Star Looks Like?" Image and Theme with Dino, Cagney and Fedora Karen McNally 7. Phenomenological Masking: Complications of Identity in Double Indemnity Phillip Sipiora Part Three: Production and Reception 8. "A Small, Effective Organization": The Mirisch Company, the Package-Unit System, and the Production of Some Like It Hot Paul Kerr 9. "Esthetically As Well as Morally Repulsive": Kiss Me, Stupid, "Bilious Billy," and the Battle of Middlebrow Taste Ken Feil 10. Censorship, Negotiation and Transgressive Cinema: Double Indemnity, Some Like It Hot and Other Controversial Movies in the United States and Europe Daniel Biltereyst Part Four: Europe, America and Beyond 11. "I Don't Have a Home!" Paris Interregnum in Mauvaise graine Leila Wimmer 12. Palimpsest: The Double Vision of Exile Nancy Steffen-Fluhr 13. Sabrina, Hollywood and Postwar Internationalism Dina Smith 14. Evolving Modernities: Formation of the Urban Imagination in Hindi Cinema Sunny Singh BIBLIOGRAPHY ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS INDEX
Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION Karen McNally Part One: Matters of Genre 1. What Exposure Is the World? The Desert Noir of Ace in the Holev Lance Duerfahrd 2. An Unconventional War Film: Death, Disguise and Deception in Five Graves to Cairo Dale M. Pollock 3. Syncope, Syncopation: Musical Hommages to Europe Katherine Arens 4. Realistic Horror: Film Noir and the 1940s Horror Cycle Mark Jancovich Image and Identity 5. Shame and the Single Girl: Reviving Fran and Falling for Baxter in The Apartment Alison R. Hoffman 6. "Have They Forgotten What a Star Looks Like?" Image and Theme with Dino, Cagney and Fedora Karen McNally 7. Phenomenological Masking: Complications of Identity in Double Indemnity Phillip Sipiora Part Three: Production and Reception 8. "A Small, Effective Organization": The Mirisch Company, the Package-Unit System, and the Production of Some Like It Hot Paul Kerr 9. "Esthetically As Well as Morally Repulsive": Kiss Me, Stupid, "Bilious Billy," and the Battle of Middlebrow Taste Ken Feil 10. Censorship, Negotiation and Transgressive Cinema: Double Indemnity, Some Like It Hot and Other Controversial Movies in the United States and Europe Daniel Biltereyst Part Four: Europe, America and Beyond 11. "I Don't Have a Home!" Paris Interregnum in Mauvaise graine Leila Wimmer 12. Palimpsest: The Double Vision of Exile Nancy Steffen-Fluhr 13. Sabrina, Hollywood and Postwar Internationalism Dina Smith 14. Evolving Modernities: Formation of the Urban Imagination in Hindi Cinema Sunny Singh BIBLIOGRAPHY ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS INDEX
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