20th century american film
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american cinema
american film director
american filmmakers
american folk music
american folk songs
american west
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film
film criticism
film studies
hollywood
hymnody
john ford
movie
movie studies
music
music in film
my darling clementine
old west
period music
stagecoach
the iron horse
the man who shot liberty valance
the searchers
western films
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westerns
Product details
- ISBN 9780520252349
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 17 Sep 2007
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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James Stewart once said, "For John Ford, there was no need for dialogue. The music said it all." This lively, accessible study is the first comprehensive analysis of Ford's use of music in his iconic westerns. Encompassing a variety of critical approaches and incorporating original archival research, Kathryn Kalinak explores the director's oft-noted predilection for American folk song, hymnody, and period music. What she finds is that Ford used music as more than a stylistic gesture. In fascinating discussions of Ford's westerns - from silent-era features such as "Straight Shooting" and "The Iron Horse" to classics of the sound era such as "My Darling Clementine" and "The Searchers" - Kalinak describes how the director exploited music, and especially song, in defining the geographical and ideological space of the American West.
Kathryn Kalinak is Professor of English and Film Studies at Rhode Island College and author of Settling the Score: Music and the Classical Hollywood Film.
