The Cinema of Preston Sturges

A Critical Study

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de Alessandro Pirolini

Type: Studies
Sujet: Director > Preston Sturges
Mots Clés: Preston Sturges, director
Année d'édition: 2010
Editeur: McFarland & Co
Langue: anglais

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Paperback • 212 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

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978-0-7864-4358-1

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Description de l'ouvrage:
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.

À propos de l'auteur :
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.

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