Cinema of Preston Sturges

Film scholar and professor Alessandro Pirolini is the author of Rouben Mamoulian (1999) and several essays on American and European directors. He teaches film history and theory at UCLA Extension–Department of Entertainment Studies, at the Osher Institute at UCLA, and at California’s Antelope Valley College.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments nbsp;     Introduction      1. Career      2. Sturges’s “Weak Thought”      3. The Sturges Pastiche      4. Time Representation      5. Possible Narratives and Hypothetical Tales      6. A Style Without a Style      7. Post-Hollywood      Conclusion      Appendix A. Interview with Sandy Sturges      Appendix B. Les Carnets du Major Thompson: Unpublished Documents      Appendix C. Television Projects      Appendix D. “Writing and Directing”      Filmography      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index