A Little Solitaire : : John Frankenheimer and American Film /

A Little Solitaire : : John Frankenheimer and American Film / / ed. by Murray Pomerance, R. Barton Palmer.

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Think about some commercially successful film masterpieces--The Manchurian Candidate. Seven Days in May. Seconds. Then consider some lesser known, yet equally compelling cinematic achievements--The Fixer. The Gypsy Moths. Path to War. These triumphs are the work of the best known and most highly reg...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Bell-Metereau, Rebecca,
Berg, Charles Ramírez,
Bernstein, Matthew H.,
Bingham, Dennis,
Conley, Tom,
Cornea, Christine,
Creekmur, Corey K.,
Duckett, Victoria,
Krohn, Bill,
McFarland, Douglas,
Morrison, James,
Mosher, Jerry,
Murray, Robin L.,
Palmer, R. Barton,
Pomerance, Murray,
Prince, Stephen,
Sterritt, David,
Williams, Linda Ruth,
TeilnehmendeR:
Bell-Metereau, Rebecca.
Berg, Charles Ramirez.
Bernstein, Matthew.
Bingham, Dennis.
Conley, Tom.
Cornea, Christine.
Creekmur, Corey.
Duckett, Victoria.
Krohn, Bill.
McFarland, Doug.
Morrison, James.
Mosher, Jerry.
Murray, Robin L.
Palmer, R. Barton.
Prince, Stephen.
Sterritt, David.
Williams, Linda Ruth.
HerausgeberIn:
Palmer, R. Barton,
Pomerance, Murray,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (324 p.) :; 53
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Why Don't You Pass the Time by Playing a Little Solitaire?
  • Thrills
  • Murdered Souls, Conspiratorial Cabals: Frankenheimer's Paranoia Films
  • The Manchurian Candidate: Compromised Agency and Uncertain Causality
  • Stealth, Sexuality, and Cult Status in The Manchurian Candidate and Seconds
  • The Train: John Frankenheimer's "Rape of Europa"
  • Action and Abstraction in Ronin
  • Politics
  • Late Frankenheimer/ Political Frankenheimer
  • John Frankenheimer's "War on Terror"
  • The Burning Season: Environmentalism versus Progress?
  • Pictures and Prizes: Le Grand Prix de Rome and Grand Prix
  • Families
  • Crashing In: Birdman of Alcatraz
  • Walking the Line with the Fille Fatale
  • Live TV, Filmed Theater, and the New Hollywood: John Frankenheimer's The Iceman Cometh
  • Ashes, Ashes: Structuring Emptiness in All Fall Down
  • Secrets
  • An American in Paris: John Frankenheimer's Impossible Object
  • Shot from the Sky: The Gypsy Moths and the End of Something
  • Frankenheimer and the Science Fiction/Horror Film
  • The Fixer: A Jew Who Could Be Any Man, Any Time, Anywhere
  • Jonah
  • John Frankenheimer's Directorial Career: A Chronology
  • Works Cited and Consulted
  • Contributors
  • Index

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