Joseph McBride

Billy Wilder

Dancing on the Edge

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Produktbeschreibung

In this critical study, Joseph McBride offers new ways to understand Wilder's work, stretching from his days as a reporter and screenwriter in Europe to his distinguished as well as forgotten films as a Hollywood writer and his celebrated work as a writer-director.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 680
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2021
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 1100g
• ISBN-13: 9780231201469
• ISBN-10: 023120146X
• Artikelnr.: 62212445

Autorenporträt

Joseph McBride

Inhaltsangabe

The Phantoms of the Past
1. Ausländisch
2. "A Keen Observer"
3. "Film, That's No Profession for Adults"
"Write Some Good Ones"
4. "I Was Not in the Right Country"
5. Brackettandwilder . . . and Lubitsch
"Isn't It Romantic?"
6. Dancing on the Edge
7. "Not a Funnyman but a Moralist"
8. "I Am No Longer Afraid"
9. "Tap-Dancing on the Grave of Hollywood"
Filmography
Notes on Sources
Acknowledgments and Influences
Index