BackCarol Reed
(book in English)
- Type
- Studies
- Subject
- Director > Carol Reed
- Carol Reed
- Publishing Date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Collection
- British Film Makers
- Language
- English
Dimensions
- Physical desc.
- Paperback • 208 pages • 39 €
5.5 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.5 cm) - ISBN-10
ISBN-13 - 0-7190-6367-1
978-0-7190-6367-1 - User Ratings
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Book Presentation:
Carol Reed is one of the truly outstanding directors of British cinema, and one whose work is long overdue for reconsideration. This major study ranges over Reed's entire career, combining observation of general trends and patterns with detailed analysis of twenty films, both acknowledged masterpieces and lesser-known works.
Evans avoids a simplistic auteurist approach, placing the films in their autobiographical, socio-political and cultural contexts and relating these to the analysis of Reed's art. The critical approach combines psychoanalysis, gender theory, and the analysis of form. Archival research is also relied on to clarify Reed's relations with his creative team, financial backers and others.
Films examined include Bank Holiday, A Girl Must Live, Odd Man Out, The Fallen Idol, The Third Man, Night Train to Munich, The Way Ahead, Outcast of the Islands, Trapeze and Oliver!.
See the publisher website: Manchester University Press
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