A Foreign Affair Billy Wilder's American Films
With six Academy Awards, four entries on the American Film Institute's list of 100 greatest American movies, and more titles on the National Historic Register of classic films deemed worthy of preservation than any other director, Billy Wilder counts as one of the most accomplished filmmakers e...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books
2008.
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| Colección: | Film Europa
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426439106719 |
| Sumario: | With six Academy Awards, four entries on the American Film Institute's list of 100 greatest American movies, and more titles on the National Historic Register of classic films deemed worthy of preservation than any other director, Billy Wilder counts as one of the most accomplished filmmakers ever to work in Hollywood. Yet how American is Billy Wilder, the Jewish émigré from Central Europe? This book underscores this complex issue, unpacking underlying contradictions where previous commentators routinely smoothed them out. Wilder emerges as an artist with roots in sensationalist journalism |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (206 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-190), filmography (p. [170]-181) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781785334757 9780857450661 |
