Nicholas Ray
Subtitle: an American journey
By: Bernard Eisenschitz ; translated by Tom Milne.
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 1993
Place of publication: London; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 599
Subjects: Ray, Nicholas, 1911-  -- Criticism and interpretation.
Description: Nicholas Ray was one of American's most distinctive film directors. Works like They Live by Night, In a Lonely Place, Johnny Guitar and Bigger Than Life reveal the physic ills of the 1950s more than any other films of that period. Ray's brooding pessimism and rebellious individualism reached their peak in most famous film, Rebel without a Cause. Originally published in France, this award-winning biography definitively captures one of cinema's greatest talents, and tells the story in such a way that Ray's life parallels the crises, upheavals and triumphs in American society in the twentieth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-549), filmography (p. 550-571) and index.