RetourSingin' in the Rain
(livre en anglais)
de Peter Wollen
- Type
- Etudes
- Sujet
- Un Film > Chantons sous la pluie
- Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, analyse, comédie musicale
- Année d'édition
- 2012
- Editeur
- BFI Publishing
- Collection
- BFI Film Classics
2nd Revised edition - Langue
- anglais
Taille du livre
- Format
- Broché • 88 pages • 13,01 €
13,5 x 18,5 cm - ISBN
- 978-1-8445-7514-5
- Appréciation
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Description de l'ouvrage :
Sixty years after its release, Singin' in the Rain (1951) remains one of the best loved films ever made. Yet despite dazzling success with the public, it never received its fair share of critical analysis. Gene Kelly's genius as a performer is undeniable. Acknowledged less often is his innovatory contribution as director. Peter Wollen's illuminating study of Singin' in the Rain does justice to this complex film. In a brilliant shot-by-shot analysis of the famous title number, he shows how skilfully Kelly weaves the dance and musical elements into the narrative, successfully combining two distinctive traditions within American Dance: tap and ballet.At the time of the film's production, its scriptwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and indeed Kelly himself, were all under threat from McCarthyism. Wollen describes how the fallout from blacklisting curtailed the careers of many of those who worked on the film and argues convincingly that the film represents the high point in their careers.In his foreword to this special edition, published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the BFI Film Classics series, Geoff Andrew looks at the film's legacy and celebrates the passion, lucidity and originality of Wollen's analysis. Summing up its enduring appeal, Andrew writes: 'Singin' in the Rain isn't just a musical, it's a movie about the movies.'
À propos de l'auteur :
PETER WOLLEN taught film at UCLA. He is the author of several books,including Signs and Meaning in the Cinema, first published in 1969 and reprintedin a new edition in 2012, and the co-writer (with Mark Peploe) of MichelangeloAntonioni's The Passenger (Professione: Reporter) (1974).GEOFF ANDREW is Head of Film Programme at BFI Southbank, and waspreviously Film Editor of Time Out London. He is the author of two volumes inthe BFI Modern Classics series, The 'Three Colours' Trilogy (1998) and 10 (2005),and of The Films of Nicholas Ray: The Poet of Nightfall (2004).
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Edition précédente
Singin' in the Rain (1992)
de Peter Wollen
Editeur : BFI Publishing
(ancienne édition)(en anglais)
Sujet : Un Film > Chantons sous la pluie
Voir la fiche de Chantons sous la pluie sur le site IMDB ...
> Du même auteur :
> Sur un thème proche :
Dancing on the Ceiling (1996)
Stanley Donen and His Movies
de Stephen M. Silverman
(en anglais)
Sujet : Réalisateur > Stanley Donen
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