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Author_Tony J. Williams
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Product details
- ISBN 9780810849938
- Weight: 513g
- Dimensions: 178 x 214mm
- Publication Date: 11 Aug 2004
- Publisher: Scarecrow Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Author 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 individuals in all of Aldrich's films.
Tony Williams is Professor of English at Southern Illinois University, where he is the head of Film Studies. He has written a number of books on film, including critical studies on George Romero and Larry Cohen.
