Showdown at high noon : witch-hunts, critics, and the end of the Western / Jeremy Byman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byman, Jeremy, 1944-

Series:

Filmmakers series ; 111.

Filmmakers series ; 111

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

High noon (Motion picture).

Physical Description:

xviii, 315 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2004.

Summary:

This is a study of one of the most enduring Westerns, High Noon, a film whose political, cultural, and thematic implications have had a profound influence on not only the genre but on filmmaking itself. Author Jeremy Byman examines the film's origin, its production, and the continuing debate over its significance in American cinema.

Contents:

Showdown

High noon enters popular legend

Independent production and the rise of Stanley Kramer

The red scare and the blacklist

Writing High noon, facing the blacklist

The failed community

Formula and subversion

High noon and the end of the Western

Auteurs and Westerns

The making of High noon

A citizen named Kane

Noir at High noon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-307) and index.

ISBN:

0810849984

OCLC:

54006541