Sorcerer

William Friedkin and the New Hollywood

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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William Friedkin’s film Sorcerer (1977) has been subject to a major re-evaluation in the last decade. A dark re-imagining of the French Director H.G. Clouzot’s Le Salaire de la Peur (The Wages of Fear) (1953) (based on George Arnaud’s novel); the film was a major critical and commercial failure on its initial release. Friedkin’s work was castigated as an example of directorial hubris as it was a notoriously difficult production which went wildly over-budget. It was viewed at the time as th end of New Hollywood. However, within recent years, the film has emerged in the popular and scholarly consciousness from enjoying a minor, cult status to becoming subject to a full-blown critical reconsideration in which it has been praised a major work by a key American filmmaker.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-01-25
Mått160 x 227 x 21 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePolitics, Literature, & Film
Antal sidor192
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498596121

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Chapter 1: William Friedkin, New Hollywood, and ‘Auteurial’ FilmmakingChapter 2: Sorcerer – The Film’s Production History and the ‘Politics’ of Hollywood SystemChapter 3: Sorcerer – From Source Novel to Friedkin’s ‘Reimaging’ of H. G. Clouzot’s La Salaire de la Peur (The Wages of Fear) (1953) – Fate and EntrapmentChapter 4: Sorcerer – Sub-Textual Disorder, Global Economics, Geo-Politics and Magical RealismChapter 5: A Commercial and Critical Failure – The Impact on William Friedkin and New HollywoodChapter 6: The Resurrection of Sorcerer – From a Lost Film to a Masterpiece

A deep dive into the career of a tenacious and influential filmmaker, and a multidimensional history and critical appreciation of his overlooked masterpiece, Sorcerer (1977). Wheeler contextualizes the ups and downs of the director’s career, illustrating these with insight into the films’ inspiration, production, and reception. A must for Friedkin fans and scholars, and especially for admirers of his grim and thrilling jungle quest, which is now finally attracting the attention it deserves.