Alessandro Pirolini

The Cinema of Preston Sturges

A Critical Study

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Produktbeschreibung

Most published works on writer-director Preston Sturges (1898-1959) have focused on the elements that made him a symbol of classic Hollywood comedy or his contributions to the genre via such 1940s classics as The Lady Eve, Sullivan's Travels and Miracle of Morgan's Creek. In contrast, this critical study asserts that there are enough unexplained incongruities, fragmentations and contradictions in Sturges' output to demand a re-evalution of his place in film history as a predecessor (and perhaps progenitor) of later postmodern filmmakers. Four appendices offer a generous selection of previously unavailable material, including an exclusive interview with the director's fourth wife Sandy Sturges.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9780786443581
• ISBN-10: 0786443588
• Artikelnr.: 28179007

Autorenporträt

Film scholar and professor Alessandro Pirolini is the author of Rouben Mamoulian (1999) and several essays on American and European directors. He teaches film history and theory at UCLA Extension-Department of Entertainment Studies, at the Osher Institute at UCLA, and at California's Antelope Valley College.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments nbsp;    
Introduction     
1. Career     
2. Sturges's "Weak Thought"     
3. The Sturges Pastiche     
4. Time Representation     
5. Possible Narratives and Hypothetical Tales     
6. A Style Without a Style     
7. Post-Hollywood     
Conclusion     
Appendix A. Interview with Sandy Sturges     
Appendix B. Les Carnets du Major Thompson: Unpublished Documents     
Appendix C. Television Projects     
Appendix D. "Writing and Directing"     
Filmography     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index