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David Lean.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: British Film-Makers SeriesPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (282 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526110855
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: David LeanDDC classification:
  • 791.4302/33092
LOC classification:
  • PN1998.3.L43 .W55 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
David Lean -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of plates -- Series editors' foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cutting and Coward: David Lean's early career and In Which We Serve (1942), This Happy Breed (1944) and Blithe Spirit (1945) -- 3. Nineteenth-century blues: Great Expectations (1946), Oliver Twist (1948), Madeleine (1950) and Hobson's Choice (1954) -- 4. Women in love: Brief Encounter (1945), The Passionate Friends (1949) and Summer Madness (1955) -- 5. Men of vision: The Sound Barrier (1952), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962) -- 6. Feminising the epic: Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryan's Daughter (1970) and A Passage to India (1984) -- Filmography as director -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Comprehensive overview of the director's body of work which yields new insights on the established classics of Lean's career as well as its lesser-known treasures.
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David Lean -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of plates -- Series editors' foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cutting and Coward: David Lean's early career and In Which We Serve (1942), This Happy Breed (1944) and Blithe Spirit (1945) -- 3. Nineteenth-century blues: Great Expectations (1946), Oliver Twist (1948), Madeleine (1950) and Hobson's Choice (1954) -- 4. Women in love: Brief Encounter (1945), The Passionate Friends (1949) and Summer Madness (1955) -- 5. Men of vision: The Sound Barrier (1952), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962) -- 6. Feminising the epic: Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryan's Daughter (1970) and A Passage to India (1984) -- Filmography as director -- Bibliography -- Index.

Comprehensive overview of the director's body of work which yields new insights on the established classics of Lean's career as well as its lesser-known treasures.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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