John Huston: Essays on a Restless Director

John Huston: Essays on a Restless Director
ISBN-10
078645993X
ISBN-13
9780786459933
Series
John Huston
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
232
Language
English
Published
2014-01-10
Publisher
McFarland
Authors
Tony Tracy, Roddy Flynn

Description

Years after his death, American filmmaker John Huston (1906–1987) remains an enigmatic and compelling figure. This wide-ranging collection of new essays encompasses a variety of topics relating to Huston’s lifestyle, political activities and cinematic legacy. Fresh analyses of such films as Key Largo, The Asphalt Jungle, The African Queen, The Misfits and Prizzi’s Honor are included along with insightful studies of Huston’s oft-overlooked literary adaptations In This Our Life, Moby Dick and A Walk With Love and Death. Also evaluated are Huston’s controversial World War II documentary Let There Be Light, and two a clef portraits of the “real” Huston in the films The Way We Were and White Hunter, Black Heart. Bookending these essays are revealing interviews with John’s actress daughter Angelica Huston and film producer Wieland Schultz-Keil.

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