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UNINA9910462927603321 |
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Polonsky Abraham |
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Titolo |
Abraham Polonsky [[electronic resource] ] : interviews / / edited by Andrew Dickos |
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-85099-0 |
1-62103-067-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (230 p.) |
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Collana |
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Conversations with filmmakers series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Screenwriters - United States |
Authors, American - 20th century |
Motion picture producers and directors - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Includes filmography. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chronology; Filmography and Bibliography; The Best Years of Our Lives: A Review; Odd Man Out and Monsieur Verdoux; Hemingway and Chaplin; A Utopian Experience; Conversations with Abraham Polonsky; Interview with Abraham Polonsky; Interview with Abraham Polonsky; Interview with Abraham Polonsky; Interview with Abraham Polonsky; How the Blacklist Worked in Hollywood; Making Movies; Abraham Polonsky: Interview; On John Garfield; "A Pavane for an Early American": Abraham Polonsky Discusses Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here |
Interview with Abraham Polonsky and Walter BernsteinInterview with Abraham Polonsky; Selected Sources; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Abraham Polonsky (1910-1999), screenwriter and filmmaker of the mid-twentieth-century Left, recognized his writerly mission to reveal the aspirations of his characters in a material society structured to undermine their hopes. In the process, he ennobled their struggle. His auspicious beginning in Hollywood reached a zenith with his Oscar-nominated screenplay for Robert Rossen's boxing noir, Body and Soul (1947), and his inaugural film as writer and director, Force of Evil |
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