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Sidney Lumet : film and literary vision / Frank R. Cunningham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cunningham, Frank R., 1937- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011--Criticism and interpretation.
- Lumet, Sidney.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (362 p.)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since 1957, Sidney Lumet, the most prolific American director of his generation, has deepened audiences' awareness of social, ethical, and feminist issues through such distinguished films as 12 Angry Men, The Verdict, Running on Empty, and Critical Care. Especially praised for his literary adaptations-including Long Day's Journey into Night and Murder on the Orient Express -Lumet has also directed such trenchant urban films as Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, and Network. In this new edition Frank Cunningham expands his analysis of Lumet's earlier films and examines his most recent work, from A Stranger Among Us (1992) to Gloria (1999). Also new to this edition are discussions of five other films, including The Appointment, Murder on the Orient Express, and Running on Empty. Cunningham studies in depth over thirty of Lumet's most significant films and surveys other films and the television productions to reveal their enduring artistic and humanistic importance.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- The Films of Sidney Lumet
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. A Cinema of Conscience
- Q&
- A: Heart of Darkness
- Power: Packaging the System
- 2. The Loner and the Struggle for Moral Capability
- Equus: Martin Dysart and the Death of the Gods
- The Deadly Affair: Varieties of Betrayal
- The Fugitive Kind: Orpheus Ascending
- A View from the Bridge: The Consequences of Denial
- Daniel: The Understanding of the Past
- 3. Woman and the Progress of Self-Understanding
- The Group: Kay's Fall and the Death of Dreams
- That Kind of Woman: Levels of Insecurity
- Lovin'Molly: Psychological Aspects of the Archetypal Female
- 4. Lumet at Zenith: In the American Film Pantheon
- 12 Angry Men: Toward an Imaginative Use of Reason
- Long Day's Journey into Night: The Flight from Self-Knowledge
- Fail Safe: The Final Game
- The Pawnbroker: The Insistence of Memor
- 5. Comic Misconnections and the Universality of Loss
- The Sea Gull: The Comedy of Compassion
- Bye, Bye Braverman: Death and Sympathy
- 6. Major Films from Nonliterary Sources
- The Hill: Ambiguities of Order
- The Offence: The Repression of Disorder
- Serpico: "Who Can Trust a Cop Who Don't Take Money?
- Dog Day Afternoon: The Contemporary Urban Absurd
- Network: Crime at the Top
- Prince of the City: Film as Literature
- 7. A Major American Director
- Afterword
- The Appointment: Film Form and the Objectification of Woman
- Running on Empty: Politics and Family
- Murder on the Orient Express: Nostalgia and Enchantment
- Just Tell Me What You Want Satire and Romance
- The Verdict: "Long Road That Has No Turning
- A Stranger Among Us: Feminism and Spirituality
- Guilty as Sin: Prince of Darkness
- Night Falls on Manhattan: The Coming of Wisdom.
- Critical Care: Learning to Love the Dying
- Gloria: If You Love Me
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813185088
- 0813185084
- 9780813158266
- 0813158265
- OCLC:
- 636421875
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