Melanie Williams

David Lean

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Produktbeschreibung

Comprehensive overview of the director's body of work which yields new insights on the established classics of Lean's career as well as its lesser-known treasures

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 491g
• ISBN-13: 9780719073854
• ISBN-10: 0719073855
• Artikelnr.: 41311884

Autorenporträt

Melanie Williams is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of East Anglia

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Cutting and coward: David Lean's early career and In Which
We Serve (1942), This Happy Breed (1944) and Blithe Spirit (1945) 2.
Nineteenth century blues: Great Expectations (1946), Oliver Twist (1948),
Madeleine (1950) and Hobson's Choice (1954) 3. Women in love: Brief
Encounter (1945), The Passionate Friends (1949) and Summer Madness (1955)
4. Men of Vision: The Sound Barrier (1952), The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 5. Feminising the epic: Doctor Zhivago
(1965), Ryan's Daughter (1970) and A Passage to India (1984) Select
Bibliography Index