Major Film Directors of the American and British Cinema, Volume 1999

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Lehigh University Press, 1999 - 322 pages
This book focuses on fourteen American and British directors who warrant more attention than they have received in other cinema histories. This revised, updated, and expanded edition offers a new introductory chapter as well as an updated bibliography, filmography, and epilogue. Illustrated.
 

Contents

Acknowledgments
10
Artists in an Industry
11
Film Directors in America
21
The Little Fellow in a Big World
23
Lonely Are the Brave
39
Through a Glass Darkly
57
A Touch of Class
75
In Search of a Hero
95
39
278
95
282
109
283
125
287
The Disenchanted
288
The Undefeated 163 177
289
Decline and Fall 193
290
The Kitchen SinkDrome 209
291

Darkness at Noon
109
Stop the World
125
The Lower Depths
143
Film Directors in Britain
161
11
173
23
269
Kinds of Loving 225 14 Ken Russell The Past as Present 243
292
The State of the Artist in the Industry Today Recent Films 260 Notes
293
Bibliography
296
Filmography
308
Index
313
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About the author (1999)

Gene D. Phillips is a professor of English and film at Loyola University. He lives in Chicago, IL.

Bibliographic information

TitleMajor Film Directors of the American and British Cinema, Volume 1999
Major Film Directors of the American and British Cinema, Gene D. Phillips
AuthorGene D. Phillips
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherLehigh University Press, 1999
ISBN0934223599, 9780934223591
Length322 pages
  
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