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BLAKE EDWARDS
Blake Edwards: Film Director as Multitalented Auteur is the first critical analysis to focus on the dramatic works of Blake Edwards. Best known for successful comedies such as The Pink Panther series with Peter Sellers, Blake Edwards wrote, produced, and directed serious works in radio, television, film, and theater for seven decades. Although hit films such as Breakfast at Tiffany's and '10' remain popular, many of Edwards's dramas have been forgotten or marginalized.
In this unique book, William Luhr and Peter Lehman draw on original research from numerous set visits and personal interviews with Edwards and many of his creative and business collaborators to explore his dramas, radio and television work, theatrical productions, one-man art shows, and unproduced screenplays. In-depth chapters analyze non-comedic films including Experiment in Terror, Days of Wine and Roses, and The Tamarind Seed, the theatrical feature film Gunn and the made-for-television film Peter Gunn, the musical adaptation of Victor/Victoria, and lesser-known films written but not directed by Edwards, such as Drive a Crooked Road.
Throughout the book, the authors apply contemporary film theory to auteur criticism of different works while sharing original insights into how Edwards worked creatively in disparate genres and media using composition, editing, sound, and visual motifs to shape his films and radio and television series.
A one-of-a-kind examination of one of the most influential film directors of his generation, Blake Edwards: Film Director as Multitalented Auteur is an excellent supplementary text for university courses in American cinema, genres, auteurs, and film criticism, and a must-read for critics, scholars, and general readers interested in the works of Blake Edwards.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- CHAPTER 1âIntroduction: âCall Me Blake.â
- CHAPTER 2âThe Early Period (1948â1962)
- CHAPTER 3âMister Cory (1957
- CHAPTER 4âExperiment in Terror (1962)
- CHAPTER 5âDays of Wine and Roses (1962)
- CHAPTER 6âGunn (1967) and Peter Gunn (1989)
- CHAPTER 7âWild Rovers (1971)
- CHAPTER 8âThe Carey Treatment (1972)
- CHAPTER 9âJulie (1972)
- CHAPTER 10âThe Tamarind Seed (1974)
- CHAPTER 11âSunset (1988)
- CHAPTER 12âThe Late Period: Play It Again, Blake
- Appendix 1: Books on Blake Edwards
- Appendix 2: The Interviews
- Index
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