Film writing and selected journalism
"This Library of America volume supplements the classic pieces from Agee on Film with previously uncollected writings on Ingrid Bergman, the Marx Brothers, Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat, Vittorio De Sica's Shoeshine, and a wealth of other cinematic subjects." "Agee's own...
| Main Author: | Agee, James, 1909-1955. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam,
[2005]
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| Physical Description: |
748 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Series: |
Library of America ;
160. |
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| Summary: |
"This Library of America volume supplements the classic pieces from Agee on Film with previously uncollected writings on Ingrid Bergman, the Marx Brothers, Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat, Vittorio De Sica's Shoeshine, and a wealth of other cinematic subjects." "Agee's own work as a screenwriter is represented by his script for Charles Laughton's unique and haunting masterpiece of Southern gothic, The Night of the Hunter, adapted from the novel by Davis Grubb. This collection also includes examples of Agee's masterfully probing reporting for Fortune - on subjects as diverse as the Tennessee Valley Authority, commercial orchids, and cockfighting - and a sampling of literary reviews, among them appreciations of William Faulkner, Virginia Woolf, S.J. Perelman, and William Carlos Williams."--Jacket. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 720-727) and index. Agee on film : reviews and comments -- Uncollected film writing -- The night of the hunter -- Journalism and book reviews. "This Library of America volume supplements the classic pieces from Agee on Film with previously uncollected writings on Ingrid Bergman, the Marx Brothers, Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat, Vittorio De Sica's Shoeshine, and a wealth of other cinematic subjects." "Agee's own work as a screenwriter is represented by his script for Charles Laughton's unique and haunting masterpiece of Southern gothic, The Night of the Hunter, adapted from the novel by Davis Grubb. This collection also includes examples of Agee's masterfully probing reporting for Fortune - on subjects as diverse as the Tennessee Valley Authority, commercial orchids, and cockfighting - and a sampling of literary reviews, among them appreciations of William Faulkner, Virginia Woolf, S.J. Perelman, and William Carlos Williams."--Jacket. |
| Physical Description: |
748 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 720-727) and index. |
| ISBN: |
1931082820 9781931082822 |