On the waterfront / edited by Joanna E. Rapf, University of Oklahoma ; foreword by Budd Schulberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rapf, Joanna E.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Cambridge film handbooks series

The Cambridge University Press film handbooks series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

On the waterfront (Motion picture).

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxii, 190 pages, 12 unnumbered pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Cambridge ;] [New York] : Cambridge University Press, [2003]

Contents:

Introduction: "The mysterious way of art" : making a difference in On the waterfront / Joanna E. Rapf

The personal and the political: Elia Kazan and On the waterfront / Brian Neve

Schulberg on the waterfront / Dan Georgakas

On the waterfront: script analysis conventional and unconventional / Lance Lee

An actor prepares / David Thomson

Visual coding and social class in On the waterfront / Jeffrey Chown

Leonard Bernstein and On the waterfront: tragic nobility, a lyrical song, and music of violence / Jon Burlingame

Selected reviews and commentary. Waterfront: From docks to film / Budd Schulberg (New York Times, July 11, 1954) ; The screen: Astor offers On the waterfront / A.H. Weiler (New York Times, July 29, 1954) ; The big sell: a review / Mr. Harper (Harper's, August 1954) ; Man's hope: a review / Philip T. Hartung (Commonweal, August 20, 1954) ; On the waterfront: a review / Penelope Houston (Sight & Sound, October/December 1954) ; An interview with Boris Kaufman / Edouard L. de Laurot and Jonas Mekas (Film culture, Summer 1955).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-182) and index.

ISBN:

0521790794

0521794005

OCLC:

50643955

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