Sidney Lumet: Film and Literary Vision - Hardcover

Cunningham, Frank R.

9780813117454: Sidney Lumet: Film and Literary Vision

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813117453 ISBN 13: 9780813117454

Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky, 1992

“Makes a strong case for a filmmaker whose considerable talents have too often been taken for granted. Lumet could not have asked for a more perceptive advocate.”—Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television

“A competent and richly observed . . . pioneering full-length study. There is something pleasantly old-fashioned in Cunningham’s auteurist approach.”—Film Quarterly

Since 1957 Sidney Lumet has deepened audiences’ awareness of social, ethical, and feminist issues through such distinguished films as 12 Angry Men, The Verdict, Running on Empty, and Critical Care. Especially praised for his literary adaptations—including Long Day’s Journey into Night and Murder on the Orient Express—Lumet has also directed such trenchant urban films as Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, and Network. In this new edition Frank Cunningham expands his analysis of Lumet’s earlier films and examines his most recent work, from A Stranger Among Us (1992) to Gloria (1999).

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About the Author:

Frank R. Cunningham is professor of English at the University of South Dakota. His literary and film criticism has been widely published.

Review:

"A pioneering study. . . . Not only a necessary and welcome first step toward according Lumet the scholarly attention he deserves, but also a fine place to begin the appreciation of our generation's most prolific major film-maker."―Film Quarterly

"Views Lumet as crucially important to an increasingly decadent culture."―Washington Post Book World

"Examines the political change in Texas and how Texas helped shape political change nationally."―Glenn Dromgoole, Herald-Zeitung Online, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, San Angelo Standard-Times, Abilene Reporter-News

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