| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 193 pages) |
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Film Europa : German cinema in an international context ; v. 5 |
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Film Europa ; v. 5.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
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| Contents |
An accented cinema -- The insurance man always rings twice : Double indemnity -- In the ruins of Berlin : A foreign affair -- Ghosting Hollywood : Sunset Boulevard (1950) and Fedora -- All dressed up and running wild : Some like it hot -- Being a mensch in the administered world : The apartment -- In the closet of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle : The private life of Sherlock Holmes |
| Summary |
With six Academy Awards, four entries on the American Film Institute's list of 100 greatest American movies, and more titles on the National Historic Register of classic films deemed worthy of preservation than any other director, Billy Wilder counts as one of the most accomplished filmmakers ever to work in Hollywood. Yet how American is Billy Wilder, the Jewish émigré from Central Europe? This book underscores this complex issue, unpacking underlying contradictions where previous commentators routinely smoothed them out. Wilder emerges as an artist with roots in sensationalist journalism and the world of entertainment as well as with an awareness of literary culture and the avant-garde, features that lead to productive and often highly original confrontations between high and low |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-190) and index |
| Notes |
This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
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In English |
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on 11/17/2020) |
| Subject |
Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002. fast (OCoLC)fst00047437 |
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Motion pictures.
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The arts.
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Film, TV and radio.
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Films, cinema.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- General.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020426456 |
| ISBN |
9781785334757 |
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1785334751 |
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9780857450661 |
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0857450662 |
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