Author: Jeffrey Couchman
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810125420
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Reaching simultaneously into the realms of film and literature, "The Night of the Hunter": A Biography of a Film details the transformation of Davis Grubb's 1953 novel into a motion picture. A popular and critical success, the novel spent four months on the New York Times bestseller list, and Hollywood responded to its atmospheric lyricism. In the hands of first-time director Charles Laughton, the story became equal parts thriller, allegory, and fever dream, filled with slow, inexorable suspense. Yet the film initially failed at the box office. In the first major study of the long-lost first-draft screenplay by James Agee, Jeffrey Couchman confronts a fifty-year controversy about the authorship of the film. He explores many levels of artistic convergence-between novelist and director, director and actor, and cinematic form and audience expectations. The talents that clashed or came together along the road from book to movie created a film of rich stylistic contradiction. Combining biographical and historical analysis with a critical study of both the novel and the film, Couchman makes the case that this initially overlooked cinematic gem is a prismatic work that continually reveals new aspects of itself. Book jacket.
The Night of the Hunter
Author: Davis Grubb
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1101910062
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The bestselling, National Book Award–finalist novel that inspired Charles Laughton’s expressionist horror classic starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters. Two young children, Pearl and John Harper, are being raised alone by their mother in Cresap’s Landing, Ohio. Their father Ben has just been executed for killing two men in the course of an armed robbery. Ben never told anyone where he hid the ten thousand dollars he stole; not his widow Willa, not his lawyer, nor his cell-mate Henry “Preacher” Powell. But Preacher, with his long history of charming his way into widows’ hearts and lives, has an inkling that Ben's money could be within his reach. As soon as he is free, Preacher makes his way up the river to visit the Harper family where—he hopes—a little child shall lead him to the fortune that he seeks. Foreword by JULIA KELLER
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1101910062
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The bestselling, National Book Award–finalist novel that inspired Charles Laughton’s expressionist horror classic starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters. Two young children, Pearl and John Harper, are being raised alone by their mother in Cresap’s Landing, Ohio. Their father Ben has just been executed for killing two men in the course of an armed robbery. Ben never told anyone where he hid the ten thousand dollars he stole; not his widow Willa, not his lawyer, nor his cell-mate Henry “Preacher” Powell. But Preacher, with his long history of charming his way into widows’ hearts and lives, has an inkling that Ben's money could be within his reach. As soon as he is free, Preacher makes his way up the river to visit the Harper family where—he hopes—a little child shall lead him to the fortune that he seeks. Foreword by JULIA KELLER
Heaven and Hell to Play with
Author: Preston Neal Jones
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879109745
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Jones uncovers the fascinating inside story of the making of this film, one of the American Film Institutes's 100 Greatest Thrillers. Every aspect is revealed of the film's development and production - casting, design, shooting, scoring, and editing - to the profound disappointment upon its release. This book is the result of over a decade of archival research and interviews with a dozen key people associated with the film, including Grubb, Gregory, actors Robert Mitchum and Lillian Gish and cinematographer Stanley Cortez. Their oral histories, along with numerous artifacts and film stills, are here deftly assembled into an account that is as compelling as the movie it celebrates.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879109745
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Jones uncovers the fascinating inside story of the making of this film, one of the American Film Institutes's 100 Greatest Thrillers. Every aspect is revealed of the film's development and production - casting, design, shooting, scoring, and editing - to the profound disappointment upon its release. This book is the result of over a decade of archival research and interviews with a dozen key people associated with the film, including Grubb, Gregory, actors Robert Mitchum and Lillian Gish and cinematographer Stanley Cortez. Their oral histories, along with numerous artifacts and film stills, are here deftly assembled into an account that is as compelling as the movie it celebrates.
Kiss of the Night
Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312992416
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
In this Dark-Hunter novel, Wulf and Cassandra face ancient curses, prophecies, and the direct meddling of the Greek gods to find true happiness.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312992416
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
In this Dark-Hunter novel, Wulf and Cassandra face ancient curses, prophecies, and the direct meddling of the Greek gods to find true happiness.
Sins of the Night
Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250104947
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A Dark-Hunter on a dangerous mission finds his life and love on the line when he meets Dangereuse St. Richard, a beautiful and distracting Dark-Hunter who is out to prevent him from carrying out his duty to destroy her friends.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250104947
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A Dark-Hunter on a dangerous mission finds his life and love on the line when he meets Dangereuse St. Richard, a beautiful and distracting Dark-Hunter who is out to prevent him from carrying out his duty to destroy her friends.
Night of the Hunter
Author: Jennifer Greene
Publisher: Harlequin Books
ISBN: 9780373054817
Category : Horse breeders
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher: Harlequin Books
ISBN: 9780373054817
Category : Horse breeders
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Night of Thunder
Author: Stephen Hunter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416565116
Category : Adventure fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Deep in the heart of Dixie for a weeklong NASCAR event, Bob Lee Swagger, protagonist of "Point of Impact," returns in this explosively gritty thrill ride as he metes justice out to those who targeted his reporter-daughter.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416565116
Category : Adventure fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Deep in the heart of Dixie for a weeklong NASCAR event, Bob Lee Swagger, protagonist of "Point of Impact," returns in this explosively gritty thrill ride as he metes justice out to those who targeted his reporter-daughter.
The Night of the Hunter
Author: Jeffrey Couchman
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810125420
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Reaching simultaneously into the realms of film and literature, "The Night of the Hunter": A Biography of a Film details the transformation of Davis Grubb's 1953 novel into a motion picture. A popular and critical success, the novel spent four months on the New York Times bestseller list, and Hollywood responded to its atmospheric lyricism. In the hands of first-time director Charles Laughton, the story became equal parts thriller, allegory, and fever dream, filled with slow, inexorable suspense. Yet the film initially failed at the box office. In the first major study of the long-lost first-draft screenplay by James Agee, Jeffrey Couchman confronts a fifty-year controversy about the authorship of the film. He explores many levels of artistic convergence-between novelist and director, director and actor, and cinematic form and audience expectations. The talents that clashed or came together along the road from book to movie created a film of rich stylistic contradiction. Combining biographical and historical analysis with a critical study of both the novel and the film, Couchman makes the case that this initially overlooked cinematic gem is a prismatic work that continually reveals new aspects of itself. Book jacket.
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810125420
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Reaching simultaneously into the realms of film and literature, "The Night of the Hunter": A Biography of a Film details the transformation of Davis Grubb's 1953 novel into a motion picture. A popular and critical success, the novel spent four months on the New York Times bestseller list, and Hollywood responded to its atmospheric lyricism. In the hands of first-time director Charles Laughton, the story became equal parts thriller, allegory, and fever dream, filled with slow, inexorable suspense. Yet the film initially failed at the box office. In the first major study of the long-lost first-draft screenplay by James Agee, Jeffrey Couchman confronts a fifty-year controversy about the authorship of the film. He explores many levels of artistic convergence-between novelist and director, director and actor, and cinematic form and audience expectations. The talents that clashed or came together along the road from book to movie created a film of rich stylistic contradiction. Combining biographical and historical analysis with a critical study of both the novel and the film, Couchman makes the case that this initially overlooked cinematic gem is a prismatic work that continually reveals new aspects of itself. Book jacket.
The Night of the Hunter
Author: Simon Callow
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1839020377
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
This is an examination of 'The Night of the Hunter', Charles Laughton's only outing as a film director. It looks at the symbolism of the piece, at Willa, her throat cut sitting in the Model-T Ford, and the Preacher, a silhouetted threat on the horizon.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1839020377
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
This is an examination of 'The Night of the Hunter', Charles Laughton's only outing as a film director. It looks at the symbolism of the piece, at Willa, her throat cut sitting in the Model-T Ford, and the Preacher, a silhouetted threat on the horizon.
Jack Slade, Night of the Hunter
Author: Richard Dawes
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1680462881
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Jack Slade, Demon Hunter, travels to San Francisco to help the police solve a case involving a series of vicious murders. Once there, he confronts a powerful vampyre set on controlling the world, then faces him in an epic battle for dominance. In the process, Jack discovers secrets about himself that will change his life forever.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1680462881
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Jack Slade, Demon Hunter, travels to San Francisco to help the police solve a case involving a series of vicious murders. Once there, he confronts a powerful vampyre set on controlling the world, then faces him in an epic battle for dominance. In the process, Jack discovers secrets about himself that will change his life forever.
The A List
Author: National Society of Film Critics
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9780306810961
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In 100 memorable essays, the National Society of Film Critics lists the 100 essential films of all time (a list which may surprise some movie fans). 16 photos.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9780306810961
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In 100 memorable essays, the National Society of Film Critics lists the 100 essential films of all time (a list which may surprise some movie fans). 16 photos.