Major Film Directors of the American and British Cinema, Volume 1999This book focuses on fourteen American and British directors who warrant more attention than they have received in other cinema histories. This revised, updated, and expanded edition offers a new introductory chapter as well as an updated bibliography, filmography, and epilogue. Illustrated. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 10 |
Artists in an Industry | 11 |
Film Directors in America | 21 |
The Little Fellow in a Big World | 23 |
Lonely Are the Brave | 39 |
Through a Glass Darkly | 57 |
A Touch of Class | 75 |
In Search of a Hero | 95 |
39 | 278 |
95 | 282 |
109 | 283 |
125 | 287 |
The Disenchanted | 288 |
The Undefeated 163 177 | 289 |
Decline and Fall 193 | 290 |
The Kitchen SinkDrome 209 | 291 |
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