Written on the Wind (BFI Film Classics)
Brand: British Film Institute
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Dimensions: 5.62 x 0.29 x 10.56 inches
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1844574202
Publisher: British Film Institute
Print length: 104 pages
Publication date: May 10, 2013
ISBN-13: 978-1844574209
Edition: 2013th
subtitle: 2013th Edition
author: Visit Amazon's Peter William Evans Page search results Peter William Evans
review: Editorial Reviews From the Back Cover Written on the Wind (1956) is one of classical Hollywood's most striking films and ranks among Douglas Sirk's finest achievements. An intense melodrama about an alcoholic playboy who marries the woman his best friend secretly loves, the film is highly stylised, psychologically complex, and marked by Sirk's characteristic charting of the social realities of 1950s America. This first single study of Written on the Wind reassesses the film's artistic heritage and place within the wider framework of contemporary American culture. Incorporating original archival research, Peter William Evans examines the production, promotion and reception of Written on the Wind , exploring its themes – of time, memory, space, family, class and sex – as well as its brilliance of form. Its vivid aesthetics, powerful performances and profound treatment of human emotions, make Written on the Wind a masterpiece of Hollywood melodrama. About the Author PETER WILLIAM EVANS is Emeritus Professor of Film at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. His publications include Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1996) and Written on the Wind (2013) in the BFI Film Classics series; Luis Buñuel: New Readings (co-edited, 2004), and Carol Reed (2005).