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Abraham Polonsky: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series)
Andrew . Ed(S): Dickos
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Description for Abraham Polonsky: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series)
hardcover. Abraham Polonsky (1910-1999), screenwriter and filmmaker of the mid-twentieth-century Left, recognized his writerly mission to reveal the aspirations of his characters in a material society structured to undermine their hopes. In the process, he ennobled their struggle. This volume examines his life and career. Editor(s): Dickos, Andrew. Series: Conversations with Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
Abraham Polonsky (1910-1999), screenwriter and filmmaker of the mid-twentieth-century Left, recognized his writerly mission to reveal the aspirations of his characters in a material society structured to undermine their hopes. In the process, he ennobled their struggle. His auspicious beginning in Hollywood reached a zenith with his Oscar-nominated screenplay for Robert Rossen's boxing noir, Body and Soul (1947), and his inaugural film as writer and director, Force of Evil (1948), before he was blacklisted during the McCarthy witch hunt.
Polonsky envisioned cinema as a modern artist. His aesthetic appreciation for each technical component of the screen aroused him to ... Read more
Abraham Polonsky (1910-1999), screenwriter and filmmaker of the mid-twentieth-century Left, recognized his writerly mission to reveal the aspirations of his characters in a material society structured to undermine their hopes. In the process, he ennobled their struggle. His auspicious beginning in Hollywood reached a zenith with his Oscar-nominated screenplay for Robert Rossen's boxing noir, Body and Soul (1947), and his inaugural film as writer and director, Force of Evil (1948), before he was blacklisted during the McCarthy witch hunt.
Polonsky envisioned cinema as a modern artist. His aesthetic appreciation for each technical component of the screen aroused him to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Conversations with Filmmakers Series
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Jackson, United States
ISBN
9781617036606
SKU
V9781617036606
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About Andrew . Ed(S): Dickos
Andrew Dickos is the author of Street with No Name: A History of the Classic American Film Noir and Intrepid Laughter: Preston Sturges and the Movies. He is a commentator on Paramount Home Entertainment's DVD of Preston Sturges's The Miracle of Morgan's Creek and the contributor on film noir to the Columbia World of Quotations.
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