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    David Lean (2016)
    Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press
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    Format: 1 online resource (viii, 269 pages) , illustrations (black and white); digital, PDF file(s)
    ISBN: 9781526110855
    Content: ' ‘A rule of mine is this’, said the screenwriter William Goldman in 1983, ‘there are always three hot directors and one of them is always David Lean.’ One of the best known and most widely admired of British filmmakers, David Lean enjoyed a directorial career that spanned five decades and encompassed everything from the intimate black-and-white romance of Brief Encounter (1945) and the celebrated adaptation Great Expectations (1946) to the spectacular Technicolor epic of Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and his successful return to the screen after a 14 year hiatus, A Passage to India (1984).Melanie Williams’ comprehensive overview of the director’s body of work yields new insights on the established classics of Lean’s career as well as its lesser-known treasures. The book’s approach combines archival investigation of the details of production, marketing and critical reception alongside nuanced close readings of Lean’s films in terms of mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, and soundtrack, aiming to honour the director’s belief that ‘moments you remember in movies are not often dialogue. They are images – pictures with music and sound that move you.’ David Lean also offers an original approach to its subject matter by prioritising questions of gender, emphasising the often-overlooked but highly significant recurrence of female-centred narratives throughout the director’s career. In so doing, it offers a full analysis and appreciation of the director’s manifold achievements, making the book essential reading for all students and scholars of British cinema and every admirer of this remarkable British filmmaker' --Back cover
    Content: ‘A rule of mine is this’, said William Goldman in 1983, ‘there are always three hot directors and one of them is always David Lean.’ One of the best known and most admired of British film makers, David Lean had a directorial career that spanned five decades and encompassed everything from the intimate black-and-white romance of Brief Encounter (1945) to the spectacular Technicolor epic of Lawrence of Arabia (1962).This book offers comprehensive coverage of every feature film directed by Lean, yielding new insights on the established classics of his career as well as its lesser-known treasures. Its analysis prioritises questions of gender and emphasises the often-overlooked but highly significant recurrence of female-centred narratives throughout Lean’s career. Drawing extensively on archival historical materials while also presenting nuanced close readings of individual films, David Lean offers a fascinating and original account of the work of a remarkable British film maker
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Introduction --1. Cutting and cowar -- David Lean’s early career and In Which We Serve (1942), This Happy Breed (1944) and Blithe Spirit (1945) --2. Nineteenth century blues: Great Expectations (1946), Oliver Twist (1948), Madeleine (1950) and Hobson’s Choice (1954) --3. Women in love: Brief Encounter (1945), The Passionate Friends (1949) and Summer Madness (1955) --4. Men of Vision: The Sound Barrier (1952), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962) --5. Feminising the epic: Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryan’s Daughter (1970) and A Passage to India (1984) --Select Bibliography --Index
    Language: English
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    Filmuniversität Babelsberg
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    David Lean / (2014)
    Manchester, [New Hampshire] ; : Manchester University Press, | [Place of distribution not identified] :Palgrave Macmillan,
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    almahu_9949088215502882
    Format: 1 online resource (282 pages) : , illustrations.
    ISBN: 9781526110855 (e-book)
    Series Statement: British Film Makers
    Additional Edition: Print version: Williams, Melanie, 1974- David Lean. Manchester, [New Hampshire] ; New York, New York : Manchester University Press, c2014 ISBN 9780719073854
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books.
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    HU Berlin
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    David Lean / (2016)
    Manchester, UK :Manchester University Press,
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    almafu_9959229170002883
    Format: 1 online resource (viii, 269 pages) : , illustrations (black and white); digital, PDF file(s).
    ISBN: 1-5261-1084-9 , 1-5261-1085-7
    Series Statement: Manchester Film Studies
    Content: 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 scene, cinematography, editing, and soundtrack.
    Note: 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. , In English.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 1-5261-1681-2
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0-7190-7385-5
    Language: English
    Keywords: Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Criticism, interpretation, etc.
    DOI: 10.7765/9781526110855
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    FU Berlin
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