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ReFocus: The Films of William Wyler
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Edited by:
John Price
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2023
About this book
Examines the extensive and diverse oeuvre of American filmmaker William Wyler
- Explores Wyler’s work in connection with current themes and topics in film studies
- Provides cultural and political contexts for Wyler’s films, including representations of class, gender, and race
- Assesses the relationship between classic Hollywood’s studio system and the auteur theory and Wyler’s hybrid influence on the history of cinema
In his forty-five-year career, William Wyler not only traversed the silent and the sound eras, but also connected classic Hollywood to new
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of Figures
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Acknowledgments
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Notes on Contributors
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Introduction: William Wyler—Chariot Races and Flower Shows
1 - Part I Style
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1 Wyler’s Early Films: Evolution of the “Styleless Style”
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2 More than Meets the Eye: Perspectives on William Wyler and the Auteur Theory
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3 Traumatic History and the Prosthesis of Myth in Wyler’s
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4 Persistent Presence: Space and Time in the Films of William Wyler
88 - Part II Collaboration, Genre, and Adaptation
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5 Clash of the Titans: The Hidden Collaboration of William Wyler and David O. Selznick on Carrie (1952)
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6 Narratives of Failure: Dead End (1937), The Desperate Hours (1955), and Gangsters in Distress
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7 Wyler’s Wuthering Heights (1939): Genre, Transnationalism, and the Adaptation of the Victorian Novel
143 - Part III Gender and Sexuality
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8 William Wyler’s The Heiress (1949) and the Unknown Woman 9 These Three: Wyler and his Two Adaptations of The Children’s Hour
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9 These Three: Wyler and his Two Adaptations of The Children’s Hour
176 - Part IV War and Peace
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10 A War of the People: Destruction, Community, and Hope in William Wyler’s Wartime Films
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11 Turning the Other Cheek: Wyler’s Pacifism Trilogy—Friendly Persuasion (1956), The Big Country (1958), and Ben-Hur (1959)
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12 William Wyler’s Voyage to Italy: Roman Holiday (1953), Progressive Hollywood, and the Cold War
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13 “Down Eros, Up Mars!”: Post-Colonialism, Imperial Violence, and the Corrupting Influence of Hate in William Wyler’s Ben-Hur (1959)
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14 “Life Isn’t Always What One Likes”: The Unbearable Lightness of Royalty, and Other Stereotypes in Roman Holiday (1953)
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Filmography
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Academy Awards for Acting under Wyler
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Index
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Publishing information
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eBook published on:
March 17, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9781399510486
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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304
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59 B/W illustrations 59 b&w images
eBook ISBN:
9781399510486
Keywords for this book
Film, Media & Cultural Studies
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College/higher education;
