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The Films of William Castle

(book in English)

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Collective - Dir. Murray Leeder

Type: Studies
Subject: Director > William Castle
Keywords: William Castle
Publishing Date: 2019
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Collection: ReFocus: The American Directors Series
Language: English

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Paperback • 280 pages • 32 €
6 x 9.25 inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4744-5510-7

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Often described as 'the Master of Gimmicks', William Castle is best known for the outrageous publicity stunts that characterised his genre films in the 1950s and '60s, including offers for an insurance policy against death by fright, vibrating seats, a skeleton that flew over the audience, and a 'punishment poll' to determine a film's conclusion. But far from being 'the world's craziest filmmaker', Castle was also a dependable studio director who made more than 50 films between 1944 and 1974, and who produced films for Orson Welles and Roman Polanski. ReFocus: The Films of William Castle assembles fourteen essays on the full sweep of Castle's career, including his horror films, westerns, film noirs and more. With an influence felt on directors like Joe Dante, Robert Zemeckis and John Waters, this volume reappraises Castle's legacy as an innovator as much as a showman.

See the publisher website: Edinburgh University Press

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