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A comprehensive overview of the director's work, including both established classics and lesser-known works, that combines archival investigation of production details, marketing, and critical reception as well as close readings in terms of mise en scene, cinematography, editing, and soundtrack...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Melanie, 1974-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Manchester University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lean, David > 1908-1991
Lean, David, > 1908-1991
Lean, David, > 1908-1991 > Criticism and interpretation.
Lean, David, > 1908-1991.
Regissörer.
Film
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cutting and Coward : David Lean's early career and In which we serve (1942), This happy breed (1944) and Blithe spirit (1945)
  • Nineteenth-century blues : Great expectations (1946), Oliver Twist (1948), Madeleine (1950) and Hobson's choice (1954)
  • Women in love: Brief encounter (1945), The passionate friends (1949), and Summer madness (1955)
  • Men of vision : The sound barrier (1952), The bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  • Feminising the epic : Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryan's daughter (1970) and A passage to India (1984)
  • Filmography as director.

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