This is the best autobiography I've read by a prominent American in I don't know how many years. It is endlessly absorbing and I believe this is because it concerns a man who is looking to find a coherent philosophy that will be tough enough to contain all that is ugly in his pe…
An autobiography describing the life of the Greek immigrant who became a stage director, film director, and novelist.
In this provocative and original book, Sam Girgus offers a fresh look at films such as The Searchers, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life, High Noon, and On the Waterfront, and shows how they are part of the cultural and historical debate that examines, structure…
Denunziationen unterliegen auch in den USA einem moralischen Tabu. Sie gelten als geradezu unamerikanisch. Trotzdem war und ist die Denunziation allgegenwärtig, sie wurde verübt und bewertet, sie wurde verachtet oder als patriotische Pflicht gewürdigt. Olaf Stieglitz schildert, …