Sweet smell of success
By: James Naremore
Contributors: British Film Institute
Series: BFI film classics
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan on behalf of the British Film Institute
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9781844572885
Description: "One of the most daring films of the 1950s, the dark satire Sweet Smell of Success, took on McCarthyism at a time when film studios were cringing under the repressive eye of the censors and an equally intimidating political and media environment. Starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis, this film was the first of its kind to take on the Hollywood system as it served up a dose of revenge for the left against the suffocating cultural atmosphere of the period. James Naremore's insightful study offers new information about the many revisions of the screenplay, negotiations with censors, and the tense circumstances under which the film was shot and received by critics and the public. He also provides a detailed commentary on the finished product, analyzing the important contributions of its several talented creators"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 110).

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Roman a clef; title: Twilight of the gods; title: A pain in the stomach; title: Re-writing and re-writing and re-writing; title: Showtime; title: Aftermath and retrospect.