Some Like It Hot Steven Cohan

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohan, Steven, author.

Series:

BFI film classics

BFI Film Classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Some like it hot (Motion picture).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (104 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Distribution:

London Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) 2025

Place of Publication:

London British Film Institute 2025

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Billy Wilder's classic screwball comedy Some Like it Hot (1959), starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe, tells the story of two struggling Jazz musicians who accidentally witness a mob massacre in Chicago who then, disguised as women, join a female band to escape the gangsters' pursuit. Despite the film's popular reception, with Academy Award nominations for Wilder and star Jack Lemmon, the film gained notoriety for its crossdressing plot and gender-bending comedy. Steven Cohan's study of the film disentangles its production history and subsequent notoriety from the film itself, reconsidering the ways in which it playfully challenged generic and gender conventions of the 1950s. He provides an in depth analysis of the film's near perfect comedic structure, Wilder's aesthetic choices and self-reflexive star performances by Curtis, Lemmon and Monroe. He goes on to consider the film's queerness, as well as its promotion and reception in 1959. Contextualizing the film within its contemporary moment, he argues its textual richness, one that allows it to be viewed differently across generations, securing its lasting influence in popular culture

Contents:

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Perfect Comedy 2. A Film by Billy Wilder 3. Marilyn Monroe and Her Bosom Companions 4. Nobody s Perfect Conclusion

Other Format:

Online version: Cohan, Steven Some Like It Hot

Print version: Cohan, Steven Some Like It Hot

ISBN:

9781839027345

OCLC:

1479627317

Access Restriction:

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