John Huston's filmmaking

John Huston's filmmaking

by Brill, Lesley

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John Huston's Filmmaking analyzes the career of one of cinema's most versatile artists. Lesley Brill argues that Huston created a body of work far richer than the formulaic stories of masculine failure with which he is often credited. Stylish, superbly scripted, and informed by a wry sense of humor, Huston's films portray characters who attempt to conceive their identities. His work consistently returns to questions of love and mortality; of happiness and home; of society and the individual; an…

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  • Full title :John Huston's filmmaking / Lesley Brill.

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John Huston's Filmmaking analyzes the career of one of cinema's most versatile artists. Lesley Brill argues that Huston created a body of work far richer than the formulaic stories of masculine failure with which he is often credited. Stylish, superbly scripted, and informed by a wry sense of humor, Huston's films portray characters who attempt to conceive their identities. His work consistently returns to questions of love and mortality; of happiness and home; of society and the individual; and of the connections among what one of his most famous characters called "the Lord or fate or nature."

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  • Publication Date:1997.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xii, 269 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0521583594, 9780521583596, 0521586704, 9780521586702
  • oclc:ocm35886590
  • LC Classification:PN1998.3.H87
  • Dewey Decimal:791.43/0233/092

Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Huston, John Motion picture producers and directors …

Writers

Brill, Lesley

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