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035			_a(DE-B1597)616687
035			_a(OCoLC)1301550002
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084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aJaeckle, Jeff _eautore
245	1	0	_aReFocus : _bThe Films of Preston Sturges / _cJeff Jaeckle, Sarah Kozloff.
264		1	_aEdinburgh : _bEdinburgh University Press, _c[2015]
264		4	_c2015
300			_a1 online resource (336 p.) : _b30 B/W illustrations
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	0		_aReFocus: The American Directors Series : RFADS
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tList of Figures -- _tNotes on Contributors -- _tIntroduction: An Agile Mind—The Many Stands of Preston Sturges -- _tPart 1 Contexts: Genre, Studio, Authorship -- _t1 Preston Sturges and Screwball Comedy -- _t2 Preston Sturges, Sullivan’s Travels, and Film Authorship in Hollywood, 1941 -- _t3 To Write and Not Direct -- _t4 “The Edge of Unacceptability”: Preston Sturges and the PCA -- _tPart 2 Cultural Commentary: History and Identity -- _t5 Sturges’s Many Mothers -- _t6 “These Are Troublous Times”: Social Class in the Comedies of Preston Sturges -- _t7 “They Always Get the Best of You Somehow”: Preston Sturges in Black and White -- _t8 Falling Hard: The Sin of Harold Diddlebock -- _tPart 3 Technique: Scripting, Performance, Music -- _t9 The Unheard Song of Joy -- _t10 The Eye of the Storm: Preston Sturges and Performance -- _t11 Presto(n) con Spirito: Comedies with Music, Sturges-style -- _tPart 4 Impact: Reception/Reputation -- _t12 Thrust with a Rapier and Run: The Critics and Preston Sturges -- _t13 Hail the Conquering Auteur: Preston Sturges in La Revue du cinéma (1946–1949) -- _t14 O Preston, Where Art Thou? -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aThe first collection of critical essays on Hollywood director and screenwriter Preston SturgesRead and download the introduction for free here (pdf)Director, screenwriter and comic genius, Preston Sturges has been an influence on filmmakers ranging from Orson Welles to the Coen brothers. The first person to win an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, he wrote and directed some of the most bizarre, controversial and downright hilarious comedies of the 1940s, including Sullivan’s Travels and Hail the Conquering Hero. He may be the most talented Hollywood filmmaker yet to receive the critical recognition he deserves.The Films of Preston Sturges is a pioneering collection of essays by world-famous scholars that chart Sturges’ contributions to Hollywood cinema, revealing his pivotal status as an early writer-director, exploring his inimitable style and making a bold case for his ongoing influence today. Reawakening interest in this filmmaker’s life and works, this book will remind readers why Sturges’ movies remain not only immensely enjoyable, but of great cultural significance as well.Key featuresTraces Sturges’ early career and writing process, including the shift from playwright to writer-director as well as screenwriting techniquesProvides cultural contexts for Sturges’ films, including representations of class, gender and race Assesses the rises and falls of Sturges’ critical reputation and popularity, including his influence on contemporary filmmakersContributorsChristopher Beach teaches film in the English Department of Williams College.Matthew H. Bernstein, Professor of Film and Media Studies at Emory University.Diane Carson, Professor Emerita at St Louis Community College and former UFVA president (2008–10.Krin Gabbard is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at Stony Brook University.Leger Grindon is the Walter J. Cerf Distinguished Professor of Film Studies at Middlebury College in Vermont.Jeff Jaeckle is the editor of Film Dialogue (2013). Kristine Brunovska Karnick is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Sarah Kozloff is Professor of Film on the William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair at Vassar College. Martin Marks, Senior Lecturer in Music and Theater Arts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Joe McElhaney is Professor of Film Studies at Hunter College/City University of New York. G. Tom Poe, Associate Professor of Film and Media Arts at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.Christian Viviani is Professor at Université de Caen-Basse Normandie and coordinator and co-editor of Positif.Virginia Wright Wexman is Professor Emerita of English and Art History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. "
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Nov 2024)
650		0	_aMotion picture producers and directors.
650		4	_aFilm, Media & Cultural Studies.
650		7	_aPERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Direction & Production. _2bisacsh
700	1		_aBeach, Christopher _eautore
700	1		_aBernstein, Matthew H. _eautore
700	1		_aCarson, Diane _eautore
700	1		_aGabbard, Krin _eautore
700	1		_aGrindon, Leger _eautore
700	1		_aJaeckle, Jeff _eautore
700	1		_aKarnick, Kristine Brunovska _eautore
700	1		_aKozloff, Sarah _eautore
700	1		_aMarks, Martin _eautore
700	1		_aMcElhaney, Joe _eautore
700	1		_aPoe, G. Tom _eautore
700	1		_aViviani, Christian _eautore
700	1		_aWexman, Virginia Wright _eautore
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474406567
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474406567/original
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