Stuart Klawans

Crooked, but Never Common

The Films of Preston Sturges

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Produktbeschreibung

In Crooked, but Never Common, Stuart Klawans combines a criticâ s insight and a fanâ s enthusiasm to offer deeper ways to think about and enjoy Preston Sturgesâ s work. He provides an in-depth appreciation of all ten of the writer-directorâ s major movies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 139mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 464g
• ISBN-13: 9780231207294
• ISBN-10: 0231207298
• Artikelnr.: 64035637

Autorenporträt

Stuart Klawans

Inhaltsangabe

1. Instead of an Introduction: A Rhetoric of Preston Sturges
2. Ya Can't Get Away from Arithmetic: The Great McGinty
3. He Thinks He Has Ideas: Christmas in July
4. I'm Not a Poet, I'm an Ophiologist: The Lady Eve
5. As You Are, So Shall You Remain: Sullivan's Travels
6. Topic A: The Palm Beach Story
7. Homo Sapiens, the Wise Guy: Triumph Over Pain
8. Psycholology: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
9. That's All You Know How to Hurt: Hail the Conquering Hero
10. You Arouse the Artist in Me: The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
11. Every Emotion Was Exaggerated: Unfaithfully Yours
12. Instead of a Conclusion: A Genealogy of Preston Sturges
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index