John Ford made westerns [electronic resource] : filming the legend in the sound era

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Studlar, Gaylyn.

Contributor:

Bernstein, Matthew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ford, John.

Ford, John, 1894-1973.

Local Subjects:

Ford, John.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fresh perspectives on some of the most influential films of John Ford.The Western is arguably the most popular and enduring form in cinematic history, and the acknowledged master of that genre was John Ford. His Westerns, including The Searchers, Stagecoach, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, have had an enormous influence on contemporary U.S. films, from Star Wars to Taxi Driver.In John Ford Made Westerns, nine major essays by prominent scholars of Hollywood film situate the sound-era

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Shall We Gather at the River?Ž The Late Films of John Ford; 2. Sacred Duties, Poetic Passions: John Ford and the Issue of Femininity in the Western; 3. The Margin as Center: The Multicultural Dynamics of John Ford's Westerns; 4. Linear Patterns and Ethnic Encounters in the Ford Western; 5. How the West Wasn't Won: The Repression of Capitalism in John Ford's Westerns; 6. Painting the Legend: Frederic Remington and the Western; 7. The Sound of Many VoicesŽ: Music in John Ford's Westerns; 8. John Ford and James Fenimore Cooper: Two Rode Together

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612066016

1-282-06601-3

0-253-10854-3

OCLC:

56610468