Julia Prewitt Brown

The Films of John Schlesinger

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Produktbeschreibung

â The Films of John Schlesingerâ is the first comprehensive interpretation of the films of the distinguished eponymous director. It is the first book to do full justice to the director's literary roots, film artistry and capacious understanding of modern life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9781783089789
• ISBN-10: 1783089784
• Artikelnr.: 56030342

Autorenporträt

Julia Prewitt Brown is professor emeritus at Boston University, USA, and the author of books on Oscar Wilde, Jane Austen, and the domestic interior in literature and film. She is currently working on a book on the films of Mike Leigh.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Coming of Age
1. Leading Up to 'Midnight Cowboy'
2. Schlesinger's 'Bildungsfilm': 'Midnight Cowboy' and the Problem of Youth
3. Human Emergence in a Commercial Age: 'Madame Sousatzka'
Part II: Identity and Nation
4. 'An Uncomfortable Truth': 'The Day of the Locust'
5. 'Honky Tonk Freeway' and the Risks of Embarrassing the United States
6. An Eye for an I: Identity and Nation in Films of the Reagan-Thatcher Years ('Yanks', 'An Englishman Abroad', 'The Falcon and the Snowman', 'A Question of Attribution')
Part III: The Use of the Past
7. History Hollywood-style: 'Far from the Madding Crowd'
8. The Resonance of Art: 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'
Epilogue: Refusal to Mourn: 'Cold Comfort Farm'
Works Cited
Index.