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Frank Capra
The Catastrophe of Success (livre en anglais)
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Description de l'ouvrage :
Moviegoers often assume Frank Capra's life resembled his beloved films (such as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and It's a Wonderful Life). A man of the people faces tremendous odds and, by doing the right thing, triumphs! But as Joseph McBride reveals in this meticulously researched, definitive biography, the reality was far more complex, a true American tragedy. Using newly declassified U. S. government documents about Capra's response to being considered a possible “subversive” during the post-World War II Red Scare, McBride adds a final chapter to his unforgettable portrait of the man who gave us It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, and Meet John Doe.
À propos de l'auteur :
Joseph McBride is a film historian and associate professor in the Department of Cinema Studies at San Francisco State University. His many books include Hawks on Hawks; What Ever Happened to Orson Welles? A Portrait of an Independent Career; Searching for John Ford; and Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success, the latter two published by University Press of Mississippi.
Revue de Presse :
"Masterly, comprehensive, and frequently surprising"
- Barry Gewen, New York Times Book Review
"The dramatic story of one of the most interesting characters ever to emerge in Hollywood"
- Philip Dunne, Chicago Sun-Times
"A major book . . . superbly researched and almost continually surprising"
- Gavin Lambert, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"While the book may crumble our iconic preconceptions of who Frank Capra was, it does a greater justice to him in its documenting the life of a complex man, who struggled for respect from his peers and family, but never received it on his own terms or to his own satisfaction. . . . The reader is likely to be left with a compassionately balanced understanding of what was both good and bad about Frank Capra as a human being and artist, and also a great appreciation of the mammoth work turned in by McBride. "
- Carl Bennett, Silent Era website
"Easily the best—certainly the most realistic—biography of a film director in the age of the auteur, to which this is a counterbalance. "
- Gore Vidal
Voir le site internet de l'éditeur University Press of Mississippi
Voir la filmographie complète de Frank Capra sur le site IMDB ...
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