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A Little Solitaire: John Frankenheimer and American Film
Rutgers University Press, 2011 Cloth: 978-0-8135-5059-6 | Paper: 978-0-8135-5060-2 | eISBN: 978-0-8135-5098-5 Library of Congress Classification PN1998.3.F7327L58 2011 Dewey Decimal Classification 791.430233092
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Think about some commercially successful film masterpieces--The Manchurian Candidate. Seven Days in May. Seconds. Then consider some lesser known, yet equally compelling cinematic achievements--The Fixer. The Gypsy Moths. Path to War. These triumphs are the work of the best known and most highly regarded Hollywood director to emerge from live TV drama in the 1950s--five-time Emmy-award-winner John Frankenheimer. Although Frankenheimer was a pioneer in the genre of political thrillers who embraced the antimodernist critique of contemporary society, some of his later films did not receive the attention they deserved. Many claimed that at a midpoint in his career he had lost his touch. World-renowned film scholars put this myth to rest in A Little Solitaire, which offers the only multidisciplinary critical account of Frankenheimer's oeuvre. Especially emphasized is his deep and passionate engagement with national politics and the irrepressible need of human beings to assert their rights and individuality in the face of organizations that would reduce them to silence and anonymity. See other books on: American Film | Individual Director | Palmer, R. Barton | Pomerance, Murray | Prince, Stephen See other titles from Rutgers University Press |
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A Little Solitaire: John Frankenheimer and American Film
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
Rutgers University Press, 2011
Cloth: 978-0-8135-5059-6
Paper: 978-0-8135-5060-2
eISBN: 978-0-8135-5098-5
Cloth: 978-0-8135-5059-6
Paper: 978-0-8135-5060-2
eISBN: 978-0-8135-5098-5
Think about some commercially successful film masterpieces--The Manchurian Candidate. Seven Days in May. Seconds. Then consider some lesser known, yet equally compelling cinematic achievements--The Fixer. The Gypsy Moths. Path to War. These triumphs are the work of the best known and most highly regarded Hollywood director to emerge from live TV drama in the 1950s--five-time Emmy-award-winner John Frankenheimer.
Although Frankenheimer was a pioneer in the genre of political thrillers who embraced the antimodernist critique of contemporary society, some of his later films did not receive the attention they deserved. Many claimed that at a midpoint in his career he had lost his touch. World-renowned film scholars put this myth to rest in A Little Solitaire, which offers the only multidisciplinary critical account of Frankenheimer's oeuvre. Especially emphasized is his deep and passionate engagement with national politics and the irrepressible need of human beings to assert their rights and individuality in the face of organizations that would reduce them to silence and anonymity.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
