John Ford's America / Jeffrey Richards.

John Ford's America / Jeffrey Richards.

9781526173829 (electronic bk.)
1526173824 (electronic bk.)
9781526173812
1526173816

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2024.

©2024

English

1 online resource (ix, 337 pages) : illustrations.

PN1998.3.F65 R53 2024eb

791.4302/33092

"By the time of his death in 1973, John Ford was probably the most celebrated director of Hollywood's golden age. The winner of four best director Oscars, he was the first filmmaker to be awarded his country's highest civilian honour, the Medal of Freedom, and the man chosen by the American Film Institute to receive its first life achievement award. In his work, Ford returned regularly to the same themes, employed the same actors and had a visual style that was personal and distinctive. This volume explores his preoccupations throughout his long, garlanded career, showing how he attempted to come to terms with American history, with how America kept changing its relationship with history and with how many of the myths of the 'West' were just that - myths."--Publisher's website.

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