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GEORGE CUKOR
Murray (E Pomerance
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Description for GEORGE CUKOR
Hardcover. Presents a critical analysis of the films and career of George Cukor. This title covers his work in theatre and his early films as well as his later work and emphasis on Cukor and performance. It features essays by leading film scholars. Editor(s): Pomerance, Murray; Palmer, R. Barton. Num Pages: 224 pages, 35 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Presents a critical analysis of the films and career of George Cukor. Though many of his films are celebrated as classics, Cukor has yet to receive his proper due from academic critics. The film maker's interest in the various forms of indoor cinema lacked the generic focus of Ford's westerns and Hitchcock's thrillers, which were championed by the Cahiers critics in the 1950s. His style was theatricality writ large, a successful transference to the screen of what he had learned from his stage career, including the outsized, often flamboyant handling of emotionality. Ultimately, Cukor was much more than a man ... Read more
Presents a critical analysis of the films and career of George Cukor. Though many of his films are celebrated as classics, Cukor has yet to receive his proper due from academic critics. The film maker's interest in the various forms of indoor cinema lacked the generic focus of Ford's westerns and Hitchcock's thrillers, which were championed by the Cahiers critics in the 1950s. His style was theatricality writ large, a successful transference to the screen of what he had learned from his stage career, including the outsized, often flamboyant handling of emotionality. Ultimately, Cukor was much more than a man ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748693566
SKU
V9780748693566
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About Murray (E Pomerance
Murray Pomerance is Canadian film scholar, author, and professor teaching in the Department of Sociology at Ryerson University. R. Barton Palmer is Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson University, where he directs the film studies program.
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