The Cinema of John Boorman
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- 2012
Summary
John Boorman has written and directed more than 25 television and feature films, including such classics as Deliverance, Point Blank, Hope and Glory, and Excalibur. He has been nominated for five Academy Awards, including twice for best Director (Deliverance and Hope and Glory). In the first full-length critical study of the director in more than two decades, author Brian Hoyle presents a comprehensive examination of Boorman’s career to date.
The Cinema of John Boorman offers a film-by-film appraisal of the director’s career, including his feature films and little-known works for television. Drawing on unpublished archive material, Hoyle provides a close reading of each of Boorman's films. Organized chronologically, each chapter examines two or three films and links them thematically. This study also describes Boorman’s interest in myths and quest narratives, as well as his relationship with writers and literature. Making the case that Boorman is both an auteur and a visionary, The Cinema of John Boorman will be of interest not only to fans of the director’s work but to film scholars in general.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2012
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-8108-8395-6
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-8108-8396-3
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 273
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Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Introduction No access
- 1 The Newcomer No access Pages 1 - 26
- 2 Two Films about Lee Marvin No access Pages 27 - 56
- 3 Man Versus . . . No access Pages 57 - 90
- 4 Hubris and Folly No access Pages 91 - 116
- 5 The Burden of Dreams No access Pages 117 - 150
- 6 Boorman on Boorman No access Pages 151 - 182
- 7 Back in the Game No access Pages 183 - 210
- 8 Tricksters, Shadows, and Doubles No access Pages 211 - 238
- Conclusion No access Pages 239 - 242
- Filmography No access Pages 243 - 252
- Bibliography No access Pages 253 - 260
- Index No access Pages 261 - 272
- About the Author No access Pages 273 - 273





