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Black Narcissus: Turner Classic Movies British Film Guide (Turner Classic Movies British Film Guides)
Sarah Street
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Description for Black Narcissus: Turner Classic Movies British Film Guide (Turner Classic Movies British Film Guides)
Paperback. "Black Narcissus" is a landmark film in the canon of Powell and Pressburger. This book draws on archival documents, original set drawings and stills to explore its enduring images of both place and gender. It also demonstrate the film's achievements, both as a production and as a vehicle for ideas exploring issues of technique, style and others. Series: British Film Guides. Num Pages: 128 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 158.
"'Black Narcissus", now heralded as a masterpiece, is a landmark film in the influential canon of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. With the centenary of Powell's birth in 2005 this timely book - the first dedicated exclusively to the film - draws on archival documents, original set drawings and stills to demonstrate its remarkable achievements, both as a production and as a vehicle for ideas. Looking at the film's enduring images of both place and gender, Sarah Street also examines "Black Narcissus" as a masterly technical accomplishment - with cinematographer Jack Cardiff's experiments in Technicolor just one of its many ... Read more
"'Black Narcissus", now heralded as a masterpiece, is a landmark film in the influential canon of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. With the centenary of Powell's birth in 2005 this timely book - the first dedicated exclusively to the film - draws on archival documents, original set drawings and stills to demonstrate its remarkable achievements, both as a production and as a vehicle for ideas. Looking at the film's enduring images of both place and gender, Sarah Street also examines "Black Narcissus" as a masterly technical accomplishment - with cinematographer Jack Cardiff's experiments in Technicolor just one of its many ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
British Film Guides
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845110468
SKU
V9781845110468
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About Sarah Street
Sarah Street is Professor of Film at the University of Bristol. Her numerous publications include 'British National Cinema', 'Transatlantic Crossings: British Feature Films in the USA' and, as co-editor, 'The Titanic in Myth and Memory: Representations in Visual and Literary Culture' (I.B. Tauris).
Reviews for Black Narcissus: Turner Classic Movies British Film Guide (Turner Classic Movies British Film Guides)
'...get hold...of Street's little book and give yourself a treat.' Christopher Wood, Times 2, 10th November 2005.FILM INTERNATIONALIn these new studies, Mark Connelly and Sarah Street concisely summarise the films and place them historically.