David Walsh

The Sky Between the Leaves: Film Reviews, Essays and Interviews 1992 - 2012 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A unique collection of of film reviews, essays on film and interviews with directors and film critics by WSWS Art and Culture Editor David Walsh spanning the years 1992-2012. The film reviews contained in this volume cover a wide spectrumfrom James Cameron's Titanic and Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ to the award-winning A Separation by Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi and films of emerging Chinese directors.

Several essays discuss the work of talented and principled artists of the 1930s and 40s who sought to bring a sense of humanity to their work. Walsh details the fate of many who fell victim to the anti-communist McCarthyite witch-hunts of the 1950s. A recurring theme in these writings is the profound effect this historical period has had on Hollywood filmmaking in the ensuing years. Walsh consistently returns to the crisis of contemporary filmmaking and the inability, or unwillingness, of so many of today's directors to see the world as it is and to feel compelled to grapple with social reality as millions experience it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mehring Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781893638389
• Artikelnr.: 69072630

Autorenporträt

David Walsh is from New York City and has been arts editor of the World Socialist Web Site since its launch in January 1998. He has been a full-time socialist journalist since 1991, writing extensively about films and filmmakers. In addition, he has examined the roots of the present crisis in art in a number of essays and talks. He also writes about contemporary politics, as well as cultural and historical issues.