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Letter from an Unknown Woman
Taschenbuch von James Naremore
Sprache: Englisch

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James Naremore's study of Max Ophuls' classic 1948 melodrama, Letter from an Unknown Woman, not only pays tribute to Ophuls but also discusses the backgrounds and typical styles of the film's many contributors--among them Viennese author Stephan Zweig, whose 1922 novella was the source of the picture; producer John Houseman, an ally of Ophuls who nevertheless made questionable changes to what Ophuls had shot; screenwriter Howard Koch; music composer Daniéle Amfitheatrof; designers Alexander Golitzen and Travis Banton; and leading actors Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan, whose performances were central to the film's emotional effect.

Naremore also traces the film's reception history, from its middling box office success and mixed early reviews, exploring why it has been a work of exceptional interest to subsequent generations of both aesthetic critics and feminist theorists.

Lastly, Naremore provides an in-depth critical appreciation of the film, offering nuanced appreciation of specific details of mise-en-scene, camera movement, design, sound, and performances, integrating this close analyses into an overarching analysis of Letter's "recognition plot;" a trope in which the recognition of a character's identity creates dramatic intensity or crisis. Naremore argues that Letter's use of recognition is one of the most powerful in Hollywood cinema, and contrasts it with what we find in Zweig's novella.
James Naremore's study of Max Ophuls' classic 1948 melodrama, Letter from an Unknown Woman, not only pays tribute to Ophuls but also discusses the backgrounds and typical styles of the film's many contributors--among them Viennese author Stephan Zweig, whose 1922 novella was the source of the picture; producer John Houseman, an ally of Ophuls who nevertheless made questionable changes to what Ophuls had shot; screenwriter Howard Koch; music composer Daniéle Amfitheatrof; designers Alexander Golitzen and Travis Banton; and leading actors Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan, whose performances were central to the film's emotional effect.

Naremore also traces the film's reception history, from its middling box office success and mixed early reviews, exploring why it has been a work of exceptional interest to subsequent generations of both aesthetic critics and feminist theorists.

Lastly, Naremore provides an in-depth critical appreciation of the film, offering nuanced appreciation of specific details of mise-en-scene, camera movement, design, sound, and performances, integrating this close analyses into an overarching analysis of Letter's "recognition plot;" a trope in which the recognition of a character's identity creates dramatic intensity or crisis. Naremore argues that Letter's use of recognition is one of the most powerful in Hollywood cinema, and contrasts it with what we find in Zweig's novella.
Über den Autor
James Naremore is Chancellors' Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, USA. Among his books are The Magic World of Orson Welles (2015), Acting in the Cinema (1988), More Than Night: Film Noir in its Contexts (2008), On Kubrick (2007), Sweet Smell of Success (2010), An Invention without a Future: Essays on Cinema (2014), and Charles Burnett: A Cinema of Symbolic Knowledge (2017).
Zusammenfassung
Naremore's focus on the relationship between the film and its source novella means the book will be of interest to courses in adaptation studies
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Acknowledgements
2. Introduction
3. Production
4. Reception
5. Critical Appreciation
6. Notes
7. Credits
8. Bibliography
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781839022340
ISBN-10: 1839022345
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 466559
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Naremore, James
Redaktion: Naremore, James
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Academic
Maße: 188 x 135 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: James Naremore
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.03.2021
Gewicht: 0,17 kg
Artikel-ID: 118839203
Über den Autor
James Naremore is Chancellors' Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, USA. Among his books are The Magic World of Orson Welles (2015), Acting in the Cinema (1988), More Than Night: Film Noir in its Contexts (2008), On Kubrick (2007), Sweet Smell of Success (2010), An Invention without a Future: Essays on Cinema (2014), and Charles Burnett: A Cinema of Symbolic Knowledge (2017).
Zusammenfassung
Naremore's focus on the relationship between the film and its source novella means the book will be of interest to courses in adaptation studies
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Acknowledgements
2. Introduction
3. Production
4. Reception
5. Critical Appreciation
6. Notes
7. Credits
8. Bibliography
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781839022340
ISBN-10: 1839022345
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 466559
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Naremore, James
Redaktion: Naremore, James
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Academic
Maße: 188 x 135 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: James Naremore
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.03.2021
Gewicht: 0,17 kg
Artikel-ID: 118839203
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