The sting
The Sting was rapturously received upon its 1973 release; George Roy Hill's film made a box-office killing and won seven Academy Awards. Some critics, though, have dismissed it as slight, a callow exploitation of the charismatic pairing of Robert Redford and Paul Newman. Matthew Specktor's passionate, lyric interrogation turns The Sting on its head, on its side and right-side-up to unpack the film's giddy complexity and secret, melancholic heart. With nuanced interpretation of its arching moods…
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- Full title :The sting / Matthew Specktor, series editor, Sean Howe.
Summary
The Sting was rapturously received upon its 1973 release; George Roy Hill's film made a box-office killing and won seven Academy Awards. Some critics, though, have dismissed it as slight, a callow exploitation of the charismatic pairing of Robert Redford and Paul Newman. Matthew Specktor's passionate, lyric interrogation turns The Sting on its head, on its side and right-side-up to unpack the film's giddy complexity and secret, melancholic heart. With nuanced interpretation of its arching moods and themes, and gimlet-eyed observation of its dizzying sleights-of-hand, Specktor reveals The Sting as both an enduring human drama and a meditation on art-making itself, an ode to the necessary pleasure of being fooled at the movies. --Book Jacket.
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- Publication Date:©2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Distributed by Publishers Group West, Soft Skull Press/Counterpoint
- Place of Publication:Berkeley
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:ix, 111 pages : : illustrations ; : 17 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781593762797, 1593762798
- oclc:ocn648922280
- LC Classification:PN1997.S755
- Dewey Decimal:791.43/72
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