The cinema of John Boorman / Brian Hoyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoyle, Brian, 1979-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boorman, John, 1933---Criticism and interpretation.

Boorman, John.

Boorman, John, 1933-.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012.

Summary:

John Boorman has written and directed more than 25 television and feature films, including such classics as Deliverance, Point Blank, Hope and Glory, and Excalibur. He has been nominated for five Academy Awards, twice for best director (Deliverance and Hope and Glory). In this first full-length critical study of the director in more than two decades, Brian Hoyle presents a comprehensive examination of Boorman's career to date.

The Cinema of John doorman offers a film-by-film appraisal of the director's career, including his feature films and little-known works for television. Drawing on unpublished archive material, Hoyle provides a close reading of Boorman's films. Organized chronologically, each chapter examines two or three films and links them thematically. This study also describes Boorman's interest in myths and quest narratives, as well as his relationship with writers and literature. Making the case that he is both auteur and visionary, The Cinema of John Boorman will be of interest not-only to fans of the director's work but to film scholars in general. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

The newcomer

Two films about Lee Marvin

Man vs

Hubris and folly

The burden of dreams

Boorman on Boorman

Back in the game

Tricksters, shadows, and doubles.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.

ISBN:

9780810883956

0810883953

9780810883963

0810883961

OCLC:

793339988