Sidney J. Furie : life and films / / Daniel Kremer

• Autore: Kremer Daniel <1984->
• Pubblicazione: Lexington : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (431 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.4302/33092; B
• Soggetto topico: Motion picture producers and directors - Canada
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Prologue -- The boy in his own company -- Colonizing a wilderness -- Making a name in London -- Man's favorite sport -- Through a glass refracted: the wild angles picture show -- Professional winners and professional losers -- Idol worship in jazz: Lady sings the blues and Hit! -- Sid & Carole & Clark & Sheila: the romantic fantasies -- Cast iron jacket -- Cool sounds from hell: The entity -- Matinee buster -- Housemaster -- Epilogue: still working the angles.
• Sommario/riassunto: The 57-year career of Toronto-born film director Sidney J. Furie laughs in the face of monotony, surely ranking among the most fascinating in the history of the industry. Emigrating to London after blazing a trail as a pioneer in his home country of Canada, the young Furie built his reputation early as a visual daredevil, an enfant terrible, and a bankable name, only to be cruelly (and flippantly) dismissed in later years as a 'wizened old hack' and a journeyman on a losing streak. What these later detractors often fail to remember, however, is that Furie provided key creative signatures for films like the art-house espionage drama 'The Ipcress File' (1965), the award-winning box-office smash 'Lady Sings the Blues' (1972), the influential Vietnam War drama/satire 'The Boys in Company C' (1978), the stylish horror film 'The Entity' (1982), and other classics.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sidney J. Furie
• ISBN: 0-8131-6674-8; 0-8131-6597-0; 0-8131-6598-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461020303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)