Christopher Frayling

The Innocents

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Jack Clayton's gothic masterpiece The Innocents, though not a commercial success on its release in 1961, has been hailed as one of the greatest psychological thrillers of all time. Dividing reviewers with its ambiguous depiction of ghosts, the film ignited a debate about the aesthetics of horror which still rages today.In this stimulating introduction to The Innocents, Sir Christopher Frayling traces the film from its genesis in the original novel The Turn of The Screw by Henry James, via contemporary critical contexts and William Archibald's 1950 stage adaptation of the same name, to the screenplay by William Archibald, Truman Capote and Joh… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84457-343-1
EAN: 9781844573431
Produktnummer: 14997246
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 115 S.
Masse: H18.8 cm x B14.1 cm x D0.9 cm 216 g
Abbildungen: 60 b/w photos
Gewicht: 216
Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)

Über den Autor

SIR CHRISTOPHER FRAYLING was until recently Rector of the Royal College of Art, Chair of Arts Council England, a Trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum and a Governor of the BFI. An award-winning broadcaster on radio and television, his books include Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula (1992), Nightmare: The Birth of Horror (1996), Ken Adam: The Art of Production Design (2005) and Sergio Leone: Once Upon a Time in Italy (2005).