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Sirk on Sirk by Jon Halliday (1997, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherFaber & Faber, Incorporated

ISBN-100571190987

ISBN-139780571190980

eBay Product ID (ePID)362488

Product Key Features

Book TitleSirk on Sirk

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1997

TopicIndividual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Film / Direction & Production

IllustratorYes

GenrePerforming Arts

AuthorJon Halliday

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight8.8 Oz

Item Length8.6 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal791.4/3/0233/092

SynopsisThe German-born Douglas Sirk, who after a successful career in theatre and film moved to Hollywood in 1937 and directed 30 films starring actors such as Rock Hudson and Lana Turner, talks about his life and work., Douglas Sirk is one of the unsung heroes of American cinema. From 1942 to 1958 he directed some 30 lush melodramas starring the likes of Rock Hudson and Lana Turner. Sirk's films are many-layered, the style transcending the melodrama and transforming the material into works of art. Viewed today these films reveal a disintegrating society of pretence and illusion, befogged by alcohol. 30 photos., Douglas Sirk is one of the most neglected directors in American cinema. This book aims to rectify that and, through a survey of his career, to re-establish Sirk as one of the great stylists of Hollywood cinema. In 1937 Sirk left Germany, after a successful career in theatre and film, and came to Hollywood. From 1942 to 1958 he directed some 30 films, the most famous of which were a series of lush melodramas in the '50s, which were seen at the time as vehicles for stars such as Rock Hudson and Lana Turner. These films are now seen as perceptive dissections of the repressive conventions underlying American life, revealing a disintegrating society - a society of pretence and illusion, befogged by alcohol. Sirk's films are many-layered, the style transcending the melodrama and transforming the material into works of art.