White Heat
Edited by Patrick McGilligan
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Among the countless gangster films produced by Hollywood, few are as haunting, complex, or ingeniously crafted as White Heat (1948). Students of film history and screen writing will appreciate this treatment—an engaging study of the various artistic elements that turned what might have been just another gangster film into an innovative classic of the genre and a model of cooperative filmmaking at its best.
Crucial to White Heat's success, McGilligan stresses, was the rare manner in which every aspect of production coalesced: studio, script, cast, crew, and director.
Patrick McGilligan is a professional writer. His articles have appeared in several film anthologies and he is the author of three film related books, as well as editor of Yankee Doodle Dandy, also published by the University of Wisconsin Press.
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