Howard Hawks: Interviews Contributor(s): Breivold, Scott (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1578068339 ISBN-13: 9781578068333 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2006 Annotation: A diverse collection of interviews offering valuable access to the life and career of one of the most fiercely independent filmmakers in the history of Hollywood---known for such films as Scarface, His Girl Friday, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Rio Bravo. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts - Performing Arts | Individual Director - Performing Arts | Film - Direction & Production |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2005042427 |
Series: Conversations with Filmmakers (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.52" W x 8.2" (0.84 lbs) 264 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Howard Hawks (1896-1977) is one of America's great film directors. During a career that spanned fifty years and produced more than forty films, this writer, producer, and director made highly successful movies and managed to maintain remarkable artistic control during a time when studio moguls usually ruled. Hawks conquered virtually every genre, including action/adventure, comedy, western, film noir, gangster, science fiction, and musical films. The remarkable diversity of his work may have kept Hawks from being as easily recognized as his contemporaries Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford. Hawks brought a unique stamp to all of his films by mixing dramatic and comedic elements, manipulating gender conventions, emphasizing story and dialogue, and eschewing cinematic trickery and sentimentality. His classic oeuvre includes films such as Scarface, Only Angels Have Wings, His Girl Friday, Sergeant York, Bringing Up Baby, The Big Sleep, Red River, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Rio Bravo. This collection of interviews takes the reader from talks with his admirers in the French press to revealing discussions late in his life. By his own admission, Hawks was above all a storyteller. These interviews are replete with entertaining anecdotes. Howard Hawks: Interviews is a diverse collection offering valuable access to the life and career of one of the most fiercely independent filmmakers in the history of Hollywood. |
Contributor Bio(s): Breivold, Scott: - Scott Breivold is an associate librarian at California State University, Los Angeles, and director of the university library's music and media center. |