Tony J. Williams

Body and Soul

The Cinematic Vision of Robert Aldrich

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Produktbeschreibung

Body and Soul concentrates on the creative and cultural dilemmas-both personal and political-that affect the individuals in Aldrich's films.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scarecrow Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 551g
• ISBN-13: 9780810849938
• ISBN-10: 0810849933
• Artikelnr.: 21352742

Autorenporträt

Tony Williams is Professor of English at Southern Illinois University, where he is the head of Film Studies. He has written a number of books on film, including critical studies on George Romero and Larry Cohen.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Chapter One:
Odets and Aldrich Chapter 4 Chapter Two: Enterprise and After Chapter 5
Chapter Three: Television Work Chapter 6 Chapter Four: Apocalyptic Noir
Chapter 7 Chapter Five: The Western Odyssey Chapter 8 Chapter Six:
Melodrama, Authoritarianism, and Hysteria Chapter 9 Chapter Seven: The
Private War of Robert Aldrich Chapter 10 Chapter Eight: The Game of
Self-Respect Chapter 11 Chapter Nine: Twilight's Last Gleaming Chapter 12
Chapter Ten: Conclusion Chapter 13 Appendix: The Last Days of Sodom and
Gomorrah Chapter 14 Filmography Chapter 15 Bibliography Chapter 16 Index
Chapter 17 About the Author

Rezensionen

Recommended. All collections; all levels. CHOICE In this critical study of the director and producer of such films as The Dirty Dozen, Kiss Me Deadly, and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Williams...places Aldrich in his cultural and social context. Williams explores Aldrich's relationship to the cultural front of the 1930s, the blacklist of the 1950s and to his mentors and contemporaries. In addition to his study of Aldrich's personal and political dilemmas, Williams provides careful and insightful readings of his films. Reference and Research Book News ...an admirable and rigorous addition to film studies in general and to an understanding of the films of Aldrich in particular. In the space of 350 densely argued and superbly documented pages the author makes out a persuasive case for seeing the director as an auteur... -- Reynold Humphries, Professor of Film Studies, University of Lille III