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Informationen zum Autor Philip Horne is Professor of English at University College London Peter Swaab is Reader in English at University College London Klappentext The films of Thorold Dickinson (1903-1984), now being rediscovered, engage with major issues including national identity, the post-colonial world, and political violence - and they also show a rare mastery of style, a thrilling eroticism, a preoccupation with the psychology of betrayal. But the director of Gaslight, The Next of Kin and The Queen of Spades was also an editor, documentarist, trade unionist, film producer (for the British Army and the UN), pioneering academic and controversialist. His adventurous and truly global involvement in film took him to Paris in the heyday of silent cinema in the 1920s, to Stalin's USSR in 1937, to the Spanish Civil War, to Africa, India, Israel and America.This book gives a lively, multi-angled account of Dickinson's works, life and times, conveying a sense of his own voice and fascinating character. It includes a richly detailed introduction, a film-by-film discussion of Dickinson with Scorsese, vivid personal memoirs of the director, a dossier of Dickinson's original writings and interviews from 1924 to 1973 (some never previously published), critical essays on all the feature films, and a ground-breaking reference section. The book draws on extensive archival research and close consultation with those who knew Dickinson well.Contributors include: Martin Scorsese, Gavin Millar, Lutz Becker, Charles Barr, Laura Marcus, Kevin Jackson, Kevin Gough-Yates, Ian Christie, Gregory Dart, Hillel Tryster, Janet Moat. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive volume which looks at the multifaceted career of one of Britain's most underrated film directors! with contributions from Martin Scorcese! Kevin Jackson! Gavin Millar and others -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsIllustrationsNote on referencesContributorsI IntroductoryIntroductionAbout Thorold Dickinson: two exchanges with Martin ScorceseII Dickinson on DickinsonIII Memories of DickinsonThorold: A little memoir - Gavin MillarMy teacher Thorold Dickinson - Lutz BeckerA rediscovery of cinema - Charles BarrIV Dickinson's filmsThe Arsenal Stadium Mystery - Laura MarcusGaslights - Philip Horne and Peter SwaabThe Prime Minister - Philip JacksonThe Next of Kin - Kevin Gough-YatesThe High Command and Men of Two Worlds - Peter SwaabThe Queen of Spades - Ian ChristieSecret People - Gregory DartHill 24 Doesn't Answer - Hillel TrysterDickinson's Unmade films - Philip HorneV Filmography and Bibligoraphy...
