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Author Williams, Melanie

Title David Lean
Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (282 pages)
Series British Film Makers MUP
British Film Makers MUP
Contents David Lean; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of plates; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Cutting and Coward: David Lean's early career and In Which We Serve (1942), This Happy Breed (1944) and Blithe Spirit (1945); 3. Nineteenth-century blues: Great Expectations (1946), Oliver Twist (1948), Madeleine (1950) and Hobson's Choice (1954); 4. Women in love: Brief Encounter (1945), The Passionate Friends (1949) and Summer Madness (1955); 5. Men of vision: The Sound Barrier (1952), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
6. Feminising the epic: Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryan's Daughter (1970) and A Passage to India (1984)Filmography as director; Bibliography; Index
Summary Comprehensive overview of the director's body of work which yields new insights on the established classics of Lean's career as well as its lesser-known treasures
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Lean, David, 1908-1991 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Lean, David, 1908-1991 fast
Subject Motion picture producers and directors -- Great Britain
PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director (see also BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts).
Motion picture producers and directors
Great Britain
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Williams, Melanie
Sinyard, Neil
ISBN 9781526110855
1526110857
9781526110848
1526110849