Emeric Pressburger: The Life and Death of a Screenwriter

(price-clipped) [no significant wear to book, just the usual age-toning to edges of text block (typical of Faber & Faber books in this period); the jacket is very nice, unblemished except for the price-clipping]. (B&W photographs) "Few major figures in cinema history have remained as personally and professionally enigmatic as Emeric Pressburger. A Hungarian Jew who lived and worked in half a dozen European countries before arriving in Britain in 1935, Pressburger's reputation rests on the series of strikingly original films he made in collaboration with Michael Powell under the banner of The Archers," among them THE RED SHOES, BLACK NARCISSUS and THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP. "Written by his grandson, and containing extracts from private diaries and correspondence, this biography defends the notion of film as a collaborative art and illuminates the adventurous life and work of the film-maker who brought continental grace, wit and style to British cinema." Includes filmography, bibliography, and a full index. **** NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. ****

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Publisher: Faber and Faber

Year: 1994

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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