{"product_id":"9781783089789","title":"The Films of John Schlesinger","description":"Author: Julia Prewitt Brown\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781783089789\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Anthem Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Sep 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 182 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Films of John Schlesinger\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive interpretation of the films of the distinguished eponymous director. It is the first book to do full justice to the director's literary roots, film artistry and capacious understanding of modern life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe city, with its manifold distractions and violence, its invitation to intoxication and dream, had long served to represent the experience of modernity in works of art at the time John Schlesinger made his acclaimed urban documentary \u003ci\u003eTerminus\u003c\/i\u003e in 1961. To be a reader of the city was to be a reader of modern life, and Schlesinger was a discriminating, at times relentless, reader of the city throughout his career, especially in his three greatest films, \u003ci\u003eMidnight Cowboy\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Sunday Bloody Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Day of the Locust\u003c\/i\u003e, set in New York, London and Los Angeles, respectively. His character-driven stories, evocation of the significance of the everyday, and insistence on ambiguities of situation and motive\u0026amp;nbsp;- all qualities he was known for\u0026amp;nbsp;- point to literary influences that reach back to the nineteenth century and earlier.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Films of John Schlesinger \u003c\/i\u003eis not only the first book to fully acknowledge those influences, but also the first book to explicate the power of his art to capture the modern, urban experiences of becoming an adult in an atmosphere that relentlessly promotes fantasies of success and wealth; of coming to terms with one's national identity in the context of international politics; and of attempting to transform the past, both personal and cultural, into a viable present.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47924871495838,"sku":"ING-9781783089789","price":124.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781783089789.jpg?v=1782954206","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781783089789","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}