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Informationen zum Autor Pomerance, Murray Klappentext Think about some commercially successful film masterpieces--The Manchurian Candidate. Seven Days in May. Then consider some lesser known, yet equally compelling cinematic achievements--The Fixer. The Gypsy Moths. These triumphs are the work of the most highly regarded Hollywood director to emerge from live TV drama in the 1950s-- John Frankenheimer. Although a pioneer in the genre of political thrillers who embraced the anti-modernist critique of contemporary society, many claimed that at a midpoint in his career he had lost his touch. World-renowned film scholars put this myth to rest in A Little Solitaire, which offers the only multidisciplinary critical account of Frankenheimer's oeuvre. Zusammenfassung Little Solitaire offers the only multidisciplinary critical account of Frankenheimer's oeuvre. Especially emphasized is his deep and passionate engagement with national politics and the irrepressible need of human beings to assert their rights and individuality in the face of organizations that would reduce them to silence and anonymity. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Don't You Pass the Time by Playing a Little Solitaire? by R. Barton Palmer and Murray PomerancePart I. Thrills1. Murdered Souls, Conspiratorial Cabals: Frankenheimer's Paranoia Films, by David Sterritt2. The Manchurian Candidate: Compromised Agency and Uncertain Causality, by Charles Ramirez Berg3. Stealth, Sexuality, and Cult Status in The Manchurian Candidate and Seconds, by Rebecca Bell-Metereau4. The Train: John Frankenheimer's "Rape of Europa", by Matthew H. Bernstein5. Action and Abstraction in Ronin, by Stephen PrincePart II. Politics6. Late Frankenheimer/Political Frankenheimer, by Douglas McFarland7. John Frankenheimer's "War on Terror", by Corey K. Creekmur8. The Burning Season: Environmentalism versus Progress? by Robin L. Murray9. Pictures and Prizes: Le Grand Prix de Rome and Grand Prix, by Victoria DuckettPart III. Families10. Crashing In: Birdman of Alcatraz, by Tom Conley11. Walking the Line with the Fille Fatale, by Linda Ruth Williams12. Live TV, Filmed Theater, and the New Hollywood: John Frankenheimer's The Iceman Cometh, by James Morrison13. Ashes, Ashes: Structuring Emptiness in All Fall Down, by Murray PomerancePart IV. Secrets14. An American in Paris: John Frankenheimer's Impossible Object, by Jerry Mosher15. Shot from the Sky: The Gypsy Moths and the End of Something, by Dennis Bingham16. Frankenheimer and the Science Fiction/Horror Film, by Christine Cornea17. The Fixer: A Jew Who Could Be Any Man, Any Time, Anywhere, by R. Barton Palmer18. Jonah, by Bill KrohnJohn Frankenheimer's Directorial Career: A ChronologyWorks Cited and ConsultedContributorsIndex...
