ReFocus

A vital collection of essays on Budd Boetticher’s long directing career

One of the most important yet overlooked of Hollywood auteurs, Budd Boetticher was responsible for a number of classic films, including his famous ‘Ranown’ series of westerns starring Randolph Scott. With influential figures like Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood acknowledging Boetticher’s influence, and with growing academic interest in his work, Gary D. Rhodes and Robert Singer present a vital collection of essays on the director’s long career, from a range of international scholars. Looking at celebrated films like Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) and Comanche Station (1960), as well as at lesser-known works like Escape in the Fog (1945) and Behind Locked Doors (1948), this book also addresses Boetticher’s influential television work on the James Garner series Maverick, and Boetticher’s continuing aesthetic influence on contemporary TV classics like Breaking Bad.

Contributors

• Karina Aveyard, University of Sydney
• Lucy Fife Donaldson, University of St. Andrews
• Robert Guffey, California State University – Long Beach
• Fredrik Gustafsson, Swedish Film Institute and Örebro University
• Brooks E. Hefner, James Madison University
• David J. Hogan, Film Historian and Journalist
• Hugh S. Manon, Clark University
• Christopher Minz, Georgia State University
• Steve Neale, University of Exeter
• Gary D. Rhodes, The Queen’s University in Belfast
• Marlisa Santos, Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale
• Robert Singer, CUNY Graduate Center
• John White, Anglia Ruskin University
• Tony Williams, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale