Women In The Films Of John Ford

Author : David Meuel
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476614563
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women in the Films of John Ford written by David Meuel and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While John Ford (1894-1973) remains one of the most influential and revered directors in film history, he is also one of the most frequently misunderstood. One widespread assumption is that he was almost exclusively a man's director, dismissive of, or at best not well attuned to, the stories, perspectives and concerns of women. This book forthrightly challenges such an assumption, giving readers a richer understanding of the director's view of the world and of the women as well as the men who inhabit it. Taking a fresh look at dozens of Ford films, both familiar favorites and under-appreciated gems, it focuses on the complex and diverse female characters in them as well as the actresses who so ably portrayed them.

Author : David Meuel
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078647789X
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women in the Films of John Ford written by David Meuel and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-03-06 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While John Ford (1894-1973) remains one of the most influential and revered directors in film history, he is also one of the most frequently misunderstood. One widespread assumption is that he was almost exclusively a man's director, dismissive of, or at best not well attuned to, the stories, perspectives and concerns of women. This book forthrightly challenges such an assumption, giving readers a richer understanding of the director's view of the world and of the women as well as the men who inhabit it. Taking a fresh look at dozens of Ford films, both familiar favorites and under-appreciated gems, it focuses on the complex and diverse female characters in them as well as the actresses who so ably portrayed them.

Author : Janey Ann Place
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Western Films of John Ford written by Janey Ann Place and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Films of John Ford.

Author : Scott Eyman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476797722
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Print the Legend written by Scott Eyman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the legendary John Ford through a career that spanned more than five decades, drawing on dozens of personal interviews, material from Ford's estate, and film criticism.

Author : Kevin L. Stoehr
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786432152
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Ford in Focus written by Kevin L. Stoehr and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-12-06 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This collection of essays offers a comprehensive examination of his life and career. Part one provides an overview of Ford's importance in the early development of cinema. Part two focuses on Ford's personal life. Part three explores theories that explai

Author : Tag Gallagher
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520063341
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Ford written by Tag Gallagher and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This radical re-reading of Ford's work studies his films in the context of his complex character, demonstrating their immense intelligence and their profound critique of our culture.

Author : Gaylyn Studlar
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253214140
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Ford Made Westerns written by Gaylyn Studlar and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001-04-22 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Western is arguably the most popular and longlived form in cinematic history, and the acknowledged master of that genre was John Ford. His Westerns, including The Searchers, Stagecoach, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, have had an enormous influence on contemporary U.S. filmmakers, and on everything from Star Wars to Taxi Driver.In nine majors essays from some of the most prominent scholars of Hollywood film, John Ford Made Westerns: Filming The Legend in The Sound Era situates the sound era westerns of John Ford within contemporary critical contexts and regards them from fresh perspectives. These range from examining Ford's relation to other art forms (most notably literature, painting and music) to exploring the development of the director's public reputation as a director of Westerns. Articles also address the intricacies of Ford's shifting approach to storytelling and the subtle techniques whereby Ford's films guide spectator interpretation and emotional engagement.While giving attention to film style and structure, the volume also explores the ways in which these much loved films engage with notions of masculinity and gender roles, capitalism and community, as well as racial and sexual identity. Authors also examine how Ford's sound-era Westerns create a complex relationship to the genre's traditional project of "defining an American nation" and how they uphold up but also question popular culture depictions of history and nationhood, to offer a commentary that engages with both the past, the present and the future.In addition to new scholarship, the volume also offers a dossier section of out of the way magazine articles that illuminate the issues raised by essays, including the director's tribute to John Wayne as well as a moving posthumous appraisal of the director published by the Director's Guild of America.

Author : David Meuel
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476625204
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women Film Editors written by David Meuel and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the movie business adopted some of the ways of other big industries in 1920s America, women--who had been essential to the industry's early development--were systematically squeezed out of key behind-the-camera roles. Yet, as female producers and directors virtually disappeared for decades, a number of female film editors remained and rose to the top of their profession, sometimes wielding great power and influence. Their example inspired a later generation of women to enter the profession at mid-century, several of whom were critical to revolutionizing filmmaking in the 1960s and 1970s with contributions to such classics as Bonnie and Clyde, Jaws and Raging Bull. Focusing on nine of these women and presenting shorter glimpses of nine others, this book tells their captivating personal stories and examines their professional achievements.

Author : J. M. Tasende
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Action! written by J. M. Tasende and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the films of John Ford features detailed studies of twenty of Ford's most important works, from The iron horse to Seven women.

Author : Nancy Schoenberger
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385534868
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wayne and Ford written by Nancy Schoenberger and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Ford and John Wayne, two titans of classic film, made some of the most enduring movies of all time. The genre they defined—the Western—and the heroic archetype they built still matter today. For more than twenty years John Ford and John Wayne were a blockbuster Hollywood team, turning out many of the finest Western films ever made. Ford, known for his black eye patch and for his hard-drinking, brawling masculinity, was a son of Irish immigrants and was renowned as a director for both his craftsmanship and his brutality. John “Duke” Wayne was a mere stagehand and bit player in “B” Westerns, but he was strapping and handsome, and Ford saw his potential. In 1939 Ford made Wayne a star in Stagecoach, and from there the two men established a close, often turbulent relationship. Their most productive years saw the release of one iconic film after another: Rio Grande, The Quiet Man, The Searchers, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. But by 1960 the bond of their friendship had frayed, and Wayne felt he could move beyond his mentor with his first solo project, The Alamo. Few of Wayne’s subsequent films would have the brilliance or the cachet of a John Ford Western, but viewed together the careers of these two men changed moviemaking in ways that endure to this day. Despite the decline of the Western in contemporary cinema, its cultural legacy, particularly the type of hero codified by Ford and Wayne—tough, self-reliant, and unafraid to fight but also honorable, trustworthy, and kind—resonates in everything from Star Wars to today’s superhero franchises. Drawing on previously untapped caches of letters and personal documents, Nancy Schoenberger dramatically narrates a complicated, poignant, and iconic friendship and the lasting legacy of that friendship on American culture.