David Lean / Melanie Williams.
A comprehensive overview of the director's work, including both established classics and lesser-known works, that combines archival investigation of production details, marketing, and critical reception as well as close readings in terms of mise en scène, cinematography, editing, and soundtrack...
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Manchester ; New York :
Manchester University Press,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Cutting and Coward : David Lean's early career and In which we serve (1942), This happy breed (1944) and Blithe spirit (1945)
- Nineteenth-century blues : Great expectations (1946), Oliver Twist (1948), Madeleine (1950) and Hobson's choice (1954)
- Women in love: Brief encounter (1945), The passionate friends (1949), and Summer madness (1955)
- Men of vision : The sound barrier (1952), The bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Feminising the epic : Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryan's daughter (1970) and A passage to India (1984)
- Filmography as director.