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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.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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, including twice for best Director (Deliverance and Hope and Glory). In the first full-length critical study of the director in more than two decades, author Brian Hoyle presents a comprehensive film-by-film examination of Boorman's career to date.
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes filmography.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-30328-2
- 1-283-65803-8
- 0-8108-8396-1
- OCLC:
- 813540634
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