Peter William Evans

Written on the Wind

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Written on the Wind (1956) is one of classical Hollywood's most striking films andranks among Douglas Sirk's finest achievements. An intense melodrama aboutan alcoholic playboy who marries the woman his best friend secretly loves,the film is highly stylised, psychologically complex, and marked by Sirk'scharacteristic charting of the social realities of 1950s America. This first single study of Written on the Wind reassesses the film's artisticheritage and place within the wider framework of contemporary Americanculture. Incorporating original archival research, Peter William Evans examinesthe production, promotion and reception of Written on… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-83902-130-5
EAN: 9781839021305
Produktnummer: 34699988
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 104 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 8'272 KB
Abbildungen: 51 colour photos

Über den Autor

PETER WILLIAM EVANS is Emeritus Professor of Film at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. His publications include Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1996) and Written on the Wind (2013) in the BFI Film Classics series; Luis Buñuel: New Readings (co-edited, 2004), and Carol Reed (2005).