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Showdown at High Noon
Jeremy Byman
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Description for Showdown at High Noon
Paperback. This is a study of one of the most enduring Westerns, High Noon, a film whose political, cultural, and thematic implications have had a profound influence on not only the genre but on filmmaking itself. Author Jeremy Byman examines the film's origin, its production, and the continuing debate over its significance in American cinema. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
For more than fifty years, High Noon has been a touchstone in the popular imagination and a source of endless controversy about film art. On its release it was hailed as a masterpiece. But film historians and theorists have also reviled it almost from the beginning as pretentious "social realism" inspired by its screenwriter's victimization by the red-hunting House Committee on Un-American Activities. Showdown at High Noon is the study of a film caught between popular admiration and critical disdain. In order to understand how and why High Noon has elicited such disparate reactions, author Jeremy Byman explores all ... Read more
For more than fifty years, High Noon has been a touchstone in the popular imagination and a source of endless controversy about film art. On its release it was hailed as a masterpiece. But film historians and theorists have also reviled it almost from the beginning as pretentious "social realism" inspired by its screenwriter's victimization by the red-hunting House Committee on Un-American Activities. Showdown at High Noon is the study of a film caught between popular admiration and critical disdain. In order to understand how and why High Noon has elicited such disparate reactions, author Jeremy Byman explores all ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Series
The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810849983
SKU
V9780810849983
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About Jeremy Byman
Jeremy Byman holds a Ph.D. in political science and M.A. in cinema studies, and has taught political science and film courses at several colleges and universities. He was the film reviewer for an arts and entertainment weekly for 19 years. This is his seventh book.
Reviews for Showdown at High Noon
Argues that High Noon was seminal in anticipating the "new," darker Western, and that the film's realist aesthetic was particularly undervalued by auteur critics...fundamentally evaluative...
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Upon its release, the film High Noon was hailed as a masterpiece. Some film historians and theorists have since reviled it as pretentious social realism inspired by its screenwriter's victimization by the ... Read more
CHOICE
Upon its release, the film High Noon was hailed as a masterpiece. Some film historians and theorists have since reviled it as pretentious social realism inspired by its screenwriter's victimization by the ... Read more