Jacques Tourneur : The Cinema of Nightfall de Chris Fujiwara - 2001

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001-05-10. Paperback. Very Good. Nice looking book, has minor edge wear.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, 1998. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 327 pages, b&w illustrations. At least three of director Jacques Tourneur's films--Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie and The Leopard Man--are recognized as horror classics. Yet his contributions to these films are often minimized by scholars, with most of the credit going to the films' producer, Val Lewton. A detailed examination of the director's full body of work reveals that those elements most evident in the Tourneur-Lewton collaborations--the lack of monsters and the stylized use of suggested violence--are equally apparent in Tourneur's films before and after his work with Lewton. Mystery and sensuality were hallmarks of his style, and he possessed a highly artistic visual and aural style. This insightful critical study examines each of Tourneur's films, as well as his extensive work on MGM shorts (1936-1942) and in television. What emerges is evidence of a highly coherent directorial style that runs… Leer más

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. New. 2001. 1st Trade pb; First Printing. Trade PB, film clips. 0801865611 . Book New. No notes, names or ANY markings. ; 1st printing of Trade PB. ; 328 pages .

Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 328 pages. Black and white photos.

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001-05-10. Paperback. Good.

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001-05-10. paperback. New. 6x0x9. BRAND NEW, Perfect Shape, No Remainder Mark,

Baltimore and London,, 2000. First Edition. Paperback.. Very good- with foxed edges. Paper covers bow slightly outwards, otherwise near fine.. Large 8vo. Pp: xii, 328. First edition. Colour illustrated laminated paper covers. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Ownership signature of Gavin Selerie, poet and academic.ISBN: 0801865611

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.