The Films of Nicholas Ray: The Poet of Nightfall

Andrew, Geoff

ISBN 10: 1844570010 / ISBN 13: 9781844570010

Published by British Film Institute, London, 2004

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A nice, solid copy. ; B & W illustrations; 155.96 X 0.42 X 9.21 inches; 193 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Films of Nicholas Ray: The Poet of Nightfall
• Publisher: British Film Institute, London
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844570010
• ISBN 13: 9781844570010
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 2 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Film

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Synopsis

Films like In a Lonely Place, Johnny Guitar, They Live by Night, and most of all Rebel Without a Cause were to ensure cult status for Ray as one of the most revered of all American 'maverick' auteurs. This new edition of Geoff Andrew's unique and acclaimed study of his films discusses Ray's stylistic artistry and abiding thematic concerns, and his work with such legends as James Dean, Humphrey Bogart, James Mason, Joan Crawford and Richard Burton. Above all the book shows how the vivid emotional authenticity of his films, coupled with his special brand of visual expressionism and his eloquently voiced disenchantment with the American Dream, were in established for him a profoundly loyal following in America and Europe that lasts to this day. This new edition, which covers all of Ray's films, includes an updated introduction and fresh reflections on the enduring importance in the 21st century of one of the greatest directors to have worked in Hollywood.

About the Author

Geoff Andrew is a writer and lecturer on film. He is a programmer for BFI Southbank and the London Film Festival, a regular contributor to Sight & Sound magazine, and was for many years Film Editor of Time Out and Consultant Editor of the Time Out Film Guide. In addition to editing several books and contributing to numerous anthologies, Geoff has written, among others, a BFI Modern Classics volume on Kieslowski's Three Colours Trilogy, a study of the films of Nicholas Ray, and two critical dictionaries, The Film Handbook and Film Directors A-Z – The Art of the World's Greatest Film-makers. In 2009 the French government made him a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.