ReFocus: The Films of Delmer Daves

Matthew Carter editor Andrew Patrick Nelson editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Edinburgh University Press

Published:31st May '16

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ReFocus: The Films of Delmer Daves cover

From Destination Tokyo (1943) to The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965), Delmer Daves was responsible for a unique body of work, but few filmmakers have been as critically overlooked in existing scholarly literature. Often regarded as an embodiment of the self-effacing craftsmanship of classical and post-War Hollywood, films such as Broken Arrow (1950) and 3:10 to Yuma (1957) reveal a filmmaker concerned with style as much as sociocultural significance. As the first comprehensive study of Daves's career, this collection of essays seeks to deepen our understanding of his work, and also to problematize existing conceptions of him as a competent, conventional and even nave studio man.

ISBN: 9781474403016

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 500g

240 pages