ReFocus: The Films of Budd Boetticher (ReFocus: The American Director Series) - Hardcover

Gary D. Rhodes; Robert Singer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1474419038 ISBN 13: 9781474419031

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2017

Synopsis

One of the most important yet overlooked of Hollywood auteurs, Budd Gary D. Rhodes currently serves as Boetticher was responsible for a number of classic films, including his famous Postgraduate Director for Film Studies Ranown series of westerns starring Randolph Scott. With influential figures at the Queen's University in Belfast, like Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood acknowledging Boetticher's influence, Northern Ireland, and with growing academic interest in his work, Gary D. Rhodes and Robert Singer present a vital collection of essays on the director's long career, from Robert Singer is Professor of Liberal a range of international scholars. Case studies include celebrated films like Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. Buchanan Rides Alone (1958), lesser-known works like Escape in the Fog (1945), and Boetticher's continuing influence on contemporary TV classics like Series Breaking Bad.

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Gary D. Rhodes currently serves as Postgraduate Director for Film Studies at the Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Robert Singer is Professor of Liberal Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center.

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Please change name order to Rhodes & Singer. This series produces new critical volumes from an interdisciplinary perspective, bringing influential, yet neglected, American directors to the attention of a new audience of scholars and students in both Film Studies and American Studies. ReFocus: The Films of Budd Boetticher 'Rigorous, tightly focused, lucid and forceful - Budd Boetticher's films lend their own distinctive attributes to this outstanding and long-overdue collection of critical essays on the great Hollywood director. While his celebrated Westerns rightly take centre stage, an impressive posse of scholars does full justice to the entirety of Boetticher's varied oeuvre. An indispensable contribution.' Barry Langford, Royal Holloway, University of London One of the most important yet overlooked of Hollywood auteurs, Budd Boetticher was responsible for a number of classic films, including his famous 'Ranown' series of westerns starring Randolph Scott. With Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood among influential figures acknowledging Boetticher's influence, and with growing academic interest in his work, Gary D. Rhodes and Robert Singer present a vital collection of essays on the director's long career, from a range of international scholars. Looking at acclaimed films like Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) and Comanche Station (1960), as well as at lesser-known works such as Escape in the Fog (1945) and Behind Locked Doors (1948), this book also addresses Boetticher's influential television work on the James Garner series Maverick, and Boetticher's continuing aesthetic influence on contemporary TV classics like Breaking Bad. Gary D. Rhodes currently serves as Postgraduate Director for Film Studies at Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Robert Singer is a Professor of Liberal Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. Cover image: Comanche Station, 1960, Budd Boetticher (c) Columbia/The Kobal Collection Cover design: [EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.com ISBN 978-1-4744-1903-1 Barcode

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Please change name order to Rhodes & Singer.This series produces new critical volumes from an interdisciplinary perspective, bringing influential, yet neglected, American directors to the attention of a new audience of scholars and students in both Film Studies and American Studies.ReFocus: The Films of Budd Boetticher Rigorous, tightly focused, lucid and forceful Budd Boetticher s films lend their own distinctive attributes to this outstanding and long-overdue collection of critical essays on the great Hollywood director. While his celebrated Westerns rightly take centre stage, an impressive posse of scholars does full justice to the entirety of Boetticher s varied oeuvre. An indispensable contribution. Barry Langford, Royal Holloway, University of LondonOne of the most important yet overlooked of Hollywood auteurs, Budd Boetticher was responsible for a number of classic films, including his famous Ranown series of westerns starring Randolph Scott. With Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood among influential figures acknowledging Boetticher s influence, and with growing academic interest in his work, Gary D. Rhodes and Robert Singer present a vital collection of essays on the director s long career, from a range of international scholars.Looking at acclaimed films like Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) and Comanche Station (1960), as well as at lesser-known works such as Escape in the Fog (1945) and Behind Locked Doors (1948), this book also addresses Boetticher s influential television work on the James Garner series Maverick, and Boetticher s continuing aesthetic influence on contemporary TV classics like Breaking Bad.Gary D. Rhodes currently serves as Postgraduate Director for Film Studies at Queen s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland.Robert Singer is a Professor of Liberal Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center.Cover image: Comanche Station, 1960, Budd Boetticher © Columbia/The Kobal CollectionCover design:[EUP logo]edinburghuniversitypress.comISBN 978-1-4744-1903-1Barcode

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474419038
• ISBN 13: 9781474419031
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Gary D. Rhodes, Robert Singer