Description
John Huston's Filmmaking offers an analysis of the life and work of one of the greatest American independent filmmakers. Always visually exciting, Huston's films sensitively portray humankind in all its incarnations, chronicling the attempts by protagonists to conceive and articulate their identities. Fundamental questions of selfhood, happiness and love are intimately connected to the idea of home, which for the filmmaker also signified a congenial place among other people in the world. In this study, Lesley Brill shows Huston's films to be far more than formulaic adventures of masculine failure, arguing instead that they demonstrate the close connection between humanity, the natural world, and divinity.
A study of John Huston's filmmaking.
Reviews
'In this thoughtful study Brill accounts for Huston's critical neglect by pointing the finger squarely at 50s and 60s auteur critics ...'. Sight and Sound
Book Information
ISBN 9780521586702
Author Lesley Brill
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Series Cambridge Studies in Film
Weight(grams) 395g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 153mm * 20mm
A study of John Huston's filmmaking.
Reviews
'In this thoughtful study Brill accounts for Huston's critical neglect by pointing the finger squarely at 50s and 60s auteur critics ...'. Sight and Sound
Book Information
ISBN 9780521586702
Author Lesley Brill
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Series Cambridge Studies in Film
Weight(grams) 395g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 153mm * 20mm
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Cambridge Studies in Film |
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Cambridge University Press |
