ReFocus: The Films of Budd Boetticher (ReFocus: The American Directors Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1474437532 ISBN 13: 9781474437530

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2018

Synopsis

One of the most important yet overlooked of Hollywood auteurs, Budd Boetticher was responsible for a number of classic films, including his famous 'Ranown' series of westerns starring Randolph Scott. With influential figures like Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood acknowledging Boetticher's influence, and with growing academic interest in his work, Gary D. Rhodes and Robert Singer present a vital collection of essays on the director's long career, from a range of international scholars. Looking at celebrated films like Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) and Comanche Station (1960), as well as at lesser-known works like Escape in the Fog (1945) and Behind Locked Doors (1948), this book also addresses Boetticher's influential television work on the James Garner series Maverick, and Boetticher's continuing aesthetic influence on contemporary TV classics like Breaking Bad.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Singer is a Professor of Liberal Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Gary D. Rhodes, currently serves as Postgraduate Director for Film Studies at the Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Review:

"The diversity of approach and the individuality of the writing come together for a common focus with such clarity and illumination, resulting in Refocus: The Films of Budd Boetticher being an essential read. It is the publication that fans of Budd Boetticher have longed for." -- Dean Brandum, Senses of Cinema

About this edition

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1474437532
• ISBN 13: 9781474437530
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Rhodes Gary D, Singer Robert