Horizons west : directing the Western from John Ford to Clint Eastwood / Jim Kitses.
Publisher: London : BFI, 2004Edition: New edDescription: [vii], 342 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm001: 41453ISBN: 1844570509 (pbk.) :; 9781844570508 (pbk.) :; 1844570193 (hbk.) :; 9781844570195 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Western films -- History and criticism | Motion picture producers and directorsDDC classification: 791.4362 KIT| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | MAIN LIBRARY Book | 791.4362 KIT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 100487 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When first published in 1969, Horizons West was immediately recognised as the definitive critical account of the Western film and some of its key directors. This greatly expanded new edition is, like the original, written in a graceful, penetrating and absorbingly readable style.
Previous ed.: London: Thames and Hudson, 1969.
Includes index.
Filmography: p. 316-321.
Bibliography: p. 322-327.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgments (p. vii)
- 1 Directing the Western: Practice and Theory (p. 1)
- 2 John Ford: Founding Father (p. 27)
- 3 Anthony Mann: The Overreacher (p. 139)
- 4 Budd Boetticher: Rules of the Game (p. 173)
- 5 Sam Peckinpah: The Savage Eye (p. 201)
- 6 Sergio Leone: A Fistful of Westerns (p. 249)
- 7 Clint Eastwood: Tightrope Walker (p. 285)
- Select Filmography (p. 316)
- Select Bibliography (p. 322)
- Index (p. 329)
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