ReFocus: The Films of Delmer Daves
Download or Read eBook ReFocus: The Films of Delmer Daves PDF written by Matthew Carter and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-25 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Matthew Carter |
| Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
| Total Pages | : 343 |
| Release | : 2016-05-25 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781474413701 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1474413706 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis ReFocus: The Films of Delmer Daves by : Matthew Carter
Book excerpt: From Destination Tokyo (1943) to The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965), Delmer Daves was responsible for a unique body of work, but few filmmakers have been as critically overlooked in existing scholarly literature. Often regarded as an embodiment of the self-effacing craftsmanship of classical and post-War Hollywood, films such as Broken Arrow (1950) and 3:10 to Yuma (1957) reveal a filmmaker concerned with style as much as sociocultural significance. As the first comprehensive study of Daves's career, this collection of essays seeks to deepen our understanding of his work, and also to problematize existing conceptions of him as a competent, conventional and even naAve studio man.
