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Fred Zinnemann and the Cinema of Resistance
J. E. Smyth
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Description for Fred Zinnemann and the Cinema of Resistance
Paperback. A compelling history of the director's films of war and resistance Num Pages: 317 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Fred Zinnemann directed some of the most acclaimed and controversial films of the twentieth century, yet he has been a shadowy presence in Hollywood history. In Fred Zinnemann and the Cinema of Resistance, J. E. Smyth reveals the intellectual passion behind some of the most powerful films ever made about the rise and resistance to fascism and the legacy of the Second World War, from The Seventh Cross and The Search to High Noon, From Here to Eternity, and Julia. Smyth's book is the first to draw upon Zinnemann's extensive papers at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ... Read more
Fred Zinnemann directed some of the most acclaimed and controversial films of the twentieth century, yet he has been a shadowy presence in Hollywood history. In Fred Zinnemann and the Cinema of Resistance, J. E. Smyth reveals the intellectual passion behind some of the most powerful films ever made about the rise and resistance to fascism and the legacy of the Second World War, from The Seventh Cross and The Search to High Noon, From Here to Eternity, and Julia. Smyth's book is the first to draw upon Zinnemann's extensive papers at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Condition
New
Number of Pages
317
Place of Publication
Jackson, United States
ISBN
9781496802552
SKU
V9781496802552
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About J. E. Smyth
J. E. Smyth is associate professor of history and comparative American studies at the University of Warwick (United Kingdom). She is the author of Reconstructing American Historical Cinema from ""Cimarron"" to ""Citizen Kane"" and Edna Ferber's Hollywood: American Fictions of Gender, Race, and History and is the editor of Hollywood and the American Historical Film.
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