ReFocus: The Literary Films of Richard Brooks
R. Barton Palmer (editor), Homer B. Pettey (editor)
The first critical work to emphasize Richard Brook’s literariness"
- Offers a critical assessment by well-known film scholars
- Explores Brooks’s engagement with intellectual and cultural trends
- Discusses Brooks’s engagement with genres
ReFocus: The Literary Films of Richard Brooks highlights the accomplishments of one of postwar America’s most important and successful directors, with an emphasis on the "literary" aspects of his career, including his work as a screenwriter and adaptor of such modern classics as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Lord Jim, and The Brothers Karamazov.
Year:
2023
Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press
Language:
english
Pages:
304
ISBN 10:
1474496598
ISBN 13:
9781474496599
File:
PDF, 6.46 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2023