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ReFocus : the films of William Wyler / edited by John M. Price.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: ReFocus, the American directors seriesPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2023]Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 290 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1399510487
  • 9781399510486
Other title:
  • Films of William Wyler
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: ReFocusDDC classification:
  • 791.4302/33092 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1998.3.W95 R44 2023
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: William Wyler--Chariot Races and Flower Shows / John M. Price. Part I. Style. Wyler's early films / John M. Price -- More than meets the eye / Kyle Barrowman -- Traumatic history and the prosthesis of myth in Wyler's The best years of our lives / Carol Donelan -- Persistent presence / Francis Mickus. Part II. Collaboration, genre, and adaptation. Clash of Titans / Milan Hain -- Narratives of failure / Terrance H. McDonald -- Wyler's Wuthering Heights (1939) / Gabrielle Stecher. Part III. Gender and sexuality. William Wyler's the heiress (1949) and the Unknown woman / Agustin Zarzosa -- These three / Matthias Smith. Part IV. War and peace. A war of the people / Robert Ribera -- Turning the other cheek / John M. Price. Part V. Global Wyler. William Wyler's voyage to Italy / Anthony Smith -- "Down Eros, up Mars" / Kaitlin Pontzer -- "Life isn't always what one likes" / Etienne Boumans.
Summary: Examines the extensive and diverse oeuvre of American filmmaker William WylerExplores Wyler's work in connection with current themes and topics in film studiesProvides cultural and political contexts for Wyler's films, including representations of class, gender, and raceAssesses the relationship between classic Hollywood's studio system and the auteur theory and Wyler's hybrid influence on the history of cinemaIn his forty-five-year career, William Wyler not only traversed the silent and the sound eras, but also connected classic Hollywood to new.
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Introduction: William Wyler--Chariot Races and Flower Shows / John M. Price. Part I. Style. Wyler's early films / John M. Price -- More than meets the eye / Kyle Barrowman -- Traumatic history and the prosthesis of myth in Wyler's The best years of our lives / Carol Donelan -- Persistent presence / Francis Mickus. Part II. Collaboration, genre, and adaptation. Clash of Titans / Milan Hain -- Narratives of failure / Terrance H. McDonald -- Wyler's Wuthering Heights (1939) / Gabrielle Stecher. Part III. Gender and sexuality. William Wyler's the heiress (1949) and the Unknown woman / Agustin Zarzosa -- These three / Matthias Smith. Part IV. War and peace. A war of the people / Robert Ribera -- Turning the other cheek / John M. Price. Part V. Global Wyler. William Wyler's voyage to Italy / Anthony Smith -- "Down Eros, up Mars" / Kaitlin Pontzer -- "Life isn't always what one likes" / Etienne Boumans.

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Examines the extensive and diverse oeuvre of American filmmaker William WylerExplores Wyler's work in connection with current themes and topics in film studiesProvides cultural and political contexts for Wyler's films, including representations of class, gender, and raceAssesses the relationship between classic Hollywood's studio system and the auteur theory and Wyler's hybrid influence on the history of cinemaIn his forty-five-year career, William Wyler not only traversed the silent and the sound eras, but also connected classic Hollywood to new.

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