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Quintessential Jack : the art of Jack Nicholson on screen / Scott Edwards.
Van Pelt Library PN2287.N5 E39 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edwards, Scott, 1960- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nicholson, Jack--Criticism and interpretation.
- Nicholson, Jack.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 287 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Drawing on years of research and dozens of interviews with his associates, this critical study of Jack Nicholson's oeuvre examines each of his film roles, as well as his screenwriting and directorial efforts. Every film is represented, with personal insight provided through interviews and comments"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The actor as auteur
- Heroes and villains
- Men on a mission
- Pieces of Schmidt
- A more perfect union
- The school of Roger
- As cuckoo as it gets
- Hippies and hogs and horses
- From ballbusters to heart attacks
- The developing delinquent
- Writers on the storm
- Rom-com wonder
- Misfits and misanthropes
- The dicks vs. the hoods
- Head trips
- The occasional filmmaker.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476670942
- 1476670943
- OCLC:
- 1010701106
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