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Midnight Cowboy

(livre en anglais)

de James Kendrick

Type
Etudes
Sujet
Un FilmMacadam Cowboy
Mots Clés
John Schlesinger, homosexualité
Année d'édition
2024 (03 octobre 2024)
Editeur
BFI Publishing
Collection
BFI Film Classics
Langue
anglais
Taille d'un livre de poche 11x18cmTaille relative de ce livreTaille d'un grand livre (29x22cm)
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Format
Broché • 128 pages
13,5 x 19 cm
ISBN
978-1-83902-516-7
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Description de l'ouvrage :
John Schlesinger's 1969 drama, Midnight Cowboy, follows the story of na ve would-be hustler Joe Buck (Jon Voight) and ailing con man Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), set against the gritty backdrop of New York City in the late 1960s. The film received widespread critical acclaim upon its release, becoming the only X-rated film to the win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

James Kendrick argues that this film, more so than its notable contemporaries, captures the immense turmoil, change and revolution that was taking place both in Hollywood and in the larger American culture of the late 1960s. He explores the film's production, reception, visual and thematic innovation, and cultural impact-not only its ground-breaking portrayal of sexuality and relationships, but also its exploration of themes of urban loneliness and socio-economic disparity.

Through close analysis of the film and examination of articles, press reports, interviews and reviews from the five decades following its release, Kendrick shows how Midnight Cowboy, with its mix of visual poetry, documentary-like realism, fragmentary flashbacks, and unvarnished depiction of desperate characters on the fringes of society, offers a unique focal point for the intersection of European art cinema and the new parameters of mainstream Hollywood at the end of the classic era.

À propos de l'auteur :
James Kendrick is Professor of Film and Digital Media at Baylor University, USA. He is the author or editor of five books, including Darkness in the Bliss-Out: A Reconsideration of the Films of Steven Spielberg (2014), Hollywood Bloodshed: Violence in 1980s American Cinema (2009), and Film Violence: History, Ideology, Genre (2009), as well as numerous book chapters and journal articles. He is also the film critic for QNetwork.com.

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