Carol Reed

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by Peter William Evans

Type: Studies
Subject: Director > Carol Reed
Keywords: Carol Reed
Publishing date: 2005
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Collection: British Film Makers
Language: English

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Paperback • 208 pages
5 ½ x 8 ½ inches (14 x 21.5 cm)

ISBN-10 ISBN-13

0-7190-6367-1
978-0-7190-6367-1

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Book Presentation:
Carol Reed is one of the truly outstanding directors of British cinema, and one whose work is long overdue for reconsideration. This major study ranges over Reed's entire career, combining observation of general trends and patterns with detailed analysis of twenty films, both acknowledged masterpieces and lesser-known works.

Evans avoids a simplistic auteurist approach, placing the films in their autobiographical, socio-political and cultural contexts and relating these to the analysis of Reed's art. The critical approach combines psychoanalysis, gender theory, and the analysis of form. Archival research is also relied on to clarify Reed's relations with his creative team, financial backers and others.

Films examined include Bank Holiday, A Girl Must Live, Odd Man Out, The Fallen Idol, The Third Man, Night Train to Munich, The Way Ahead, Outcast of the Islands, Trapeze and Oliver!.

About the Author:
Peter William Evans teaches Film at Queen Mary, University of London

See the publisher website: Manchester University Press

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