The films of Fred Zinnemann : critical perspectives
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The films of Fred Zinnemann : critical perspectives
（SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video）
State University of New York Press, c1999
- : pbk
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Filmography: p. 251-261
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-266) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Fred Zinnemann, celebrated director of such classic films as High Noon, From Here to Eternity, and A Man for All Seasons, is studied here in a book-length work for the first time. Zinnemann's fifty-year career includes twenty-two feature films, which are characterized by an unshakable belief in human dignity, a preoccupation with moral and social issues, a warm and sympathetic treatment of character, and consummate technical artistry. In discussing such issues as the role of Zinnemann's documentary aesthetic throughout his career, the relationship between his life and his art, his use and construction of history, and the central importance of women characters in his films, The Films of Fred Zinnemann lends new perspectives to the work of a major filmmaker and makes a significant contribution to the study of American cinema.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Chapter One
Introduction
Arthur Nolletti Jr.
Chapter Two
Conversation with Fred Zinnemann
Arthur Nolletti Jr .
Chapter Three
Act of Violence (1949) and the Early Films of Fred Zinnemann Wheeler
Winston Dixon
Chapter Four
The Eyes Have It: Dimensions of Blindness in Eyes in the Night (1942)
Martin F. Norden
Chapter Five
There Were Good Germans: Fred Zinnemann's The Seventh Cross (1944)
Leonard Quart
Chapter Six
Historical Perspective and the Realist Aesthetic in High Noon (1952)
Stephen Prince
Chapter Seven
The Women in High Noon (1952): A Metanarrative of Difference
Gwendolyn Foster
Chapter Eight
Repeat Business: Members of the Wedding
Louis Giannetti
Chapter Nine
Spirituality and Style in The Nun's Story (1959)
Arthur Nolletti Jr.
Chapter Ten
Behold a Pale Horse (1964): Zinnemann and the Spanish Civil War
Linda C. Ehrlich
Chapter Eleven
Fred Zinnemann, A Man for All Seasons (1966), and Documentary Fiction
Joel N. Super
Chapter Twelve
Shooting a Melon: The Target Practice Sequence in The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Lloyd Michaels
Chapter Thirteen
"Do You Understand?" History and Memory in Julia (1977)
Stephen Prince
Chapter Fourteen
Real-Life References in Four Fred Zinnemann Films
Claudia Sternberg
Chapter Fifteen
Fred Zinnemann's Actors
Steve Vineberg
Chapter Sixteen
Mythic Figures: Women and Co-Being in Three Films by Fred Zinnemann
Joanna E. Rapf
Zinnemann Filmography
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index
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