Body and Soul
Subtitle: The Cinematic Vision of Robert Aldrich (Filmmakers Series)
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.; Scarecrow Press
Published: September 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780810849938
Subjects: Biography: film, television & music; Biography: general; Entertainment & Performing Arts - General; Biography & Autobiography; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Biography/Autobiography; Film - Direction & Production; Film & Video - Direction & Production; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism; Aldrich, Robert,; 1918-; 1918-1983; Criticism and interpretation
Description: "Body and Soul explores the work of Robert Aldrich, a producer and director responsible for several notable films, including The Flight of the Phoenix, The Dirty Dozen, Too Late the Hero, The Longest Yard, and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Tony Williams examines the relationship of Aldrich's films to the Cultural Front movement of the 1930s as well as to the blacklist of the 1950s. He also delineates Aldrich's attempts to follow the progressive ideals of such mentors as Jean Renoir, Lewis Milestone, and Charlie Chaplin." "From the noir classic Kiss Me Deadly to the controversial thriller Twilight's Last Gleaming, Body and Soul focuses on the dilemmas - both personal and political - that affect characters in many of Aldrich's most important films."--BOOK JACKET.