Invention without a Future

James Naremore is Emeritus Chancellors' Professor of Communication and Culture, English, and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. His books include More Than Night, Acting in the Cinema, The Magic World of Orson Welles, The Films of Vincente Minnelli, and On Kubrick.

• Acknowledgments Introduction: An Invention without a Future PART I. ISSUES Authorship, Auteurism, and Cultural Politics The Reign of Adaptation Notes on Acting in Cinema Imitation, Eccentricity, and Impersonation in Movie Acting The Death and Rebirth of Rhetoric PART II. AUTHORS, ACTORS, ADAPTATIONS Hawks, Chandler, Bogart, Bacall: The Big Sleep Uptown Folk: Blackness and Entertainment in Cabin in the Sky Hitchcock and Humor Hitchcock at the Margins of Noir Spies and Lovers: North by Northwest Welles, Hollywood, and Heart of Darkness Orson Welles and Movie Acting Welles and Kubrick: Two Forms of Exile The Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Return of The Dead PART III. IN DEFENSE OF CRITICISM James Agee Manny Farber Andrew Sarris Jonathan Rosenbaum Four Years as a Critic: 2007--2010 Works Cited Index

"Taken as a whole, An Invention Without a Future serves as a fantastic overview of conversations concerning film history, while providing thoughtful analyses of important Classical Hollywood films and styles." Slant "Every essay here is a polished gift from a master of the literary essay." -- David Bordwell Observations on Film Art