The Films of Nicholas Ray: The Poet of Nightfall / Edition 2

by Geoff Andrew

Overview

Films like "Johnny Guitar" and "Rebel Without a Cause" were to ensure cult status for Nicholas Ray. This text discusses his stylistic artistry and abiding thematic concerns and his work with such legends as James Dean, James Mason and Joan Crawford.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844570010
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/05/2004
Series:	Teaching Film and Media Studies
Edition description:	2004
Pages:	199
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

Geoff Andrew is Programmer-at-Large at BFI Southbank, a regular contributor to Sight & Sound, and was previously Film Editor of Time Out London, UK.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	iv
	Preface: Postscript to the first edition	v
	Introduction	1
	Biographical Summary	6
	Themes and Styles	9
	The Films
	They Live by Night (1948)	23
	A Woman's Secret (1949)	32
	Knock on Any Door (1949)	35
	Born to Be Bad (1950)	41
	In a Lonely Place (1950)	46
	On Dangerous Ground (1951)	53
	Flying Leathernecks (1951)	60
	The Lusty Men (1952)	63
	Johnny Guitar (1954)	70
	Run for Cover (1954)	78
	High Green Wall (1954)	84
	Rebel Without a Cause (1955)	90
	Hot Blood (1956)	97
	Bigger than Life (1956)	103
	The True Story of Jesse James (1957)	110
	Bitter Victory (1957)	116
	Wind Across the Everglades (1958)	123
	Party Girl (1958)	130
	The Savage Innocents (1960)	136
	King of Kings (1961)	141
	55 Days at Peking (1963)	146
	We Can't Go Home Again (1973-76)	152
	Lightning Over Water (1980-81)	157
	Nicholas Ray in the Twenty-first Century	162
	Filmography	180
	Select Bibliography	186
	Index	188

Editorial Reviews

"Andrew's detailed and densely written commentaries combine passionate admiration with critical assessment. A classic auteur study."--Sight and Sound

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