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The Best Years of Our Lives
Sarah Kozloff
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Paperback. Sarah Kozloff's study of William Wyler's drama about three Servicemen struggling to adapt to civilian life on their return home after World War II addresses the Best Years' status as a 'social problem' film depicting class divisions and the psychological effects of war, as well as its reception history and contemporary relevance. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 189 x 147 x 11. Weight in Grams: 194. Series: BFI Film Classics. 112 pages, 0, 49 black & white halftones. Sarah Kozloff's study of William Wyler's drama about three Servicemen struggling to adapt to civilian life on their return home after World War II addresses the Best Years' status as a 'social problem' film depicting class divisions and the psychological effects of war, as well as its reception history and contemporary relevance. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: APFA. Dimension: 189 x 147 x 11. Weight: 194.
William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) tells the story of three veterans returning from World War II and adjusting to civilian life in a manner unusual for classical Hollywood cinema, with melodrama leavened by authentic detail, personal memories and a fierce desire to capture its historical moment. Sarah Kozloff's illuminating study of the film traces the contribution of Wyler (himself injured while serving in the US Air Force), Robert Sherwood's screenplay, Gregg Toland's deep-focus cinematography, Hugo Friedhofer's award-winning score, and the ensemble cast of Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright and Harold Russell. The film's ... Read more
William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) tells the story of three veterans returning from World War II and adjusting to civilian life in a manner unusual for classical Hollywood cinema, with melodrama leavened by authentic detail, personal memories and a fierce desire to capture its historical moment. Sarah Kozloff's illuminating study of the film traces the contribution of Wyler (himself injured while serving in the US Air Force), Robert Sherwood's screenplay, Gregg Toland's deep-focus cinematography, Hugo Friedhofer's award-winning score, and the ensemble cast of Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright and Harold Russell. The film's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
BFI Film Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844573264
SKU
V9781844573264
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About Sarah Kozloff
SARAH KOZLOFF is ?Professor in the Department of Film, on the William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair, at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA. She is the author of a number of books, including Overhearing Film Dialogue (2000) and Invisible Storytellers: Voice-Over Narration in American Fiction Film (1988).
Reviews for The Best Years of Our Lives
Named as one of Kansas City Startop 100 books of 2011
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/12/01/3297721/the-stars-top-100-books-of-2011.html Part of my admiration for this intelligent and judicious contribution to the BFI Film Classics - a series that by now may qualify as the most successful and title-heavy book series in the history of film criticism, perhaps in any language - is my conviction, which I ... Read more
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/12/01/3297721/the-stars-top-100-books-of-2011.html Part of my admiration for this intelligent and judicious contribution to the BFI Film Classics - a series that by now may qualify as the most successful and title-heavy book series in the history of film criticism, perhaps in any language - is my conviction, which I ... Read more