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ReFocus. The films of Preston Sturges /
Director, screenwriter and comic genius, Preston Sturges has been an influence on filmmakers ranging from Orson Welles to the Coen brothers. The first person to win an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, he wrote and directed some of the most bizarre, controversial and downright hilarious comedies o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | ReFocus, the American directors series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: An Agile Mind-The Many Stands of Preston Sturges ; PART 1 Contexts: Genre, Studio, Authorship; Chapter 1 Preston Sturges and Screwball Comedy ; Chapter 2 Preston Sturges, Sullivan's Travels, and Film Authorship in Hollywood, 1941 ; Chapter 3 To Write and Not Direct ; Chapter 4 "The Edge of Unacceptability": Preston Sturges and the PCA ; PART 2 Cultural Commentary: History and Identity ; Chapter 5 Sturges's Many Mothers ; Chapter 6 "These Are Troublous Times": Social Class in the Comedies of Preston Sturges.
- Chapter 7 "They Always Get the Best of You Somehow": Preston Sturges in Black and White Chapter 8 Falling Hard: The Sin of Harold Diddlebock ; PART 3 Technique: Scripting, Performance, Music ; Chapter 9 The Unheard Song of Joy ; Chapter 10 The Eye of the Storm: Preston Sturges and Performance ; Chapter 11 Presto(n) con Spirito: Comedies with Music, Sturges-style ; PART 4 Impact: Reception/Reputation ; Chapter 12 Thrust with a Rapier and Run: The Critics and Preston Sturges ; Chapter 13 Hail the Conquering Auteur: Preston Sturges in La Revue du cinéma (1946-1949).