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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Smyth, J. E. (1977-....)
Titre(s) : Fred zinnemann and the cinema of resistance [Texte imprimé] / J. E. Smyth
Publication : Jackson, Miss. : University Press of Mississippi, cop. 2014
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XI-317 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 283-303
Fred Zinnemann directed some of the most acclaimed and controversial films of the
twentieth century, yet he has been a shadowy presence in Hollywood history. In Fred
Zinnemann and the Cinema of Resistance, J. E. Smyth reveals the intellectual passion
behind some of the most powerful films ever made about the rise and resistance to
fascism and the legacy of the Second World War, from The Seventh Cross and The Search
to High Noon, From Here to Eternity, and Julia. Smyth's book is the first to draw
upon Zinnemann's extensive papers at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
and brings Fred Zinnemann's vision, voice, and film practice to life. In his engagement
with the defining historical struggles of the twentieth century, Zinnemann fought
his own battles with the Hollywood studio system, the critics, and a public bent on
forgetting. Zinnemann's films explore the role of women and communists in the antifascist
resistance, the West's support of Franco after the Spanish Civil War, and the darker
side of America's national heritage. Smyth reconstructs a complex and conflicted portrait
of Zinnemann's cinema of resistance, examining his sketches, script annotations, editing
and production notes, and personal letters. Illustrated with seventy black-and-white
images from Zinnemann's collection, Fred Zinnemann and the Cinema of Resistance discusses
the director's professional and personal relationships with Spencer Tracy, Montgomery
Clift, Audrey Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, and Gary Cooper; the critical reaction to
his revisionist Western, High Noon; his battles over the censorship of From Here to
Eternity, The Nun's Story, and Behold a Pale Horse; his unrealized history of the
communist Revolution in China, Man's Fate; and the controversial study of political
assassination, The Day of the Jackal. In this intense, richly textured narrative,
Smyth enters the mind of one of Hollywood's master directors, redefining our knowledge
of his artistic vision and practice
Sujet(s) : Zinnemann, Fred (1907-1997) -- Critique et interprétation
Résistance politique
Indice(s) Dewey :
791.430 233092 (23e éd.) = Cinéma - Réalisation - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1496802551. - ISBN 9781496802552
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44413773s
Notice n° :
FRBNF44413773
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