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Searching for John Ford
Joseph McBride
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Description for Searching for John Ford
paperback. Encompassing and illuminating John Ford's myriad complexities and contradictions, the author traces the trajectory of Ford's life from his beginnings as "Bull" Feeney, the nearsighted, football-playing son of Irish immigrants, to his recognition, after a long, controversial, and much-honoured career, as America's national myth maker. Num Pages: 848 pages, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFX; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1272.
John Ford's classic films--such as Stagecoach, The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, The Quiet Man, and The Searchers--have earned him worldwide admiration as America's foremost filmmaker, a director whose rich visual imagination conjures up indelible, deeply moving images of our collective past.Joseph McBride's Searching for John Ford, described as definitive by both the New York Times and the Irish Times, surpasses all other biographies of the filmmaker in its depth, originality, and insight. Encompassing and illuminating Ford's myriad complexities and contradictions, McBride traces the trajectory of Ford's life from his beginnings as ""Bull"" Feeney, the nearsighted, football-playing ... Read more
John Ford's classic films--such as Stagecoach, The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, The Quiet Man, and The Searchers--have earned him worldwide admiration as America's foremost filmmaker, a director whose rich visual imagination conjures up indelible, deeply moving images of our collective past.Joseph McBride's Searching for John Ford, described as definitive by both the New York Times and the Irish Times, surpasses all other biographies of the filmmaker in its depth, originality, and insight. Encompassing and illuminating Ford's myriad complexities and contradictions, McBride traces the trajectory of Ford's life from his beginnings as ""Bull"" Feeney, the nearsighted, football-playing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Number of pages
848
Condition
New
Number of Pages
848
Place of Publication
Jackson, United States
ISBN
9781604734676
SKU
V9781604734676
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About Joseph McBride
Joseph McBride, Berkeley, California, is a film historian and associate professor in the cinema department at San Francisco State University. His many books also include Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success; Hawks on Hawks; and What Ever Happened to Orson Welles? A Portrait of an Independent Career.
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