Charles Burnett

A Cinema of Symbolic Knowledge
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-520-28552-1
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 238 mm x 161 mm, Gewicht: 554 g

In the first book devoted to Charles Burnett, a crucial figure in the history of American cinema often regarded as the most influential member of the L.A. Rebellion group of African American filmmakers, James Naremore provides a close critical study of all Burnett’s major pictures for movies and television, including Killer of Sheep, To Sleep with Anger, The Glass Shield, Nightjohn, The Wedding, Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property, and Warming by the Devil’s Fire. Having accessed new information and rarely seen material, Naremore shows that Burnett’s career has developed against the odds and that his artistry, social criticism, humor, and commitment to what he calls “symbolic knowledge” have given his work enduring value for American culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Naremore, James

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Einzelne Filmschauspieler, Filmregisseure, Drehbuchautoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

1 • A Cinema of Symbolic Knowledge
2 • Beginnings
3 • Killer of Sheep (1977)
4 • My Brother’s Wedding (1983)
5 • To Sleep with Anger (1990)
6 • The Glass Shield (1994)
7 • Three Films for Young Adults and Families: Selma, Lord, Selma (1999), Finding Buck McHenry (2000), and Nightjohn (1996)
8 • The Wedding (1998)
9 • The Annihilation of Fish (1999)
10 • Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003)
11 • Warming by the Devil’s Fire (2003)
12 • Namibia: Th e Struggle for Liberation (2007)
13 • Two Screenplays: Bless Their Little Hearts (1984) and Man in a Basket (2003)
14 • In His Element: Three Short Films and an Epilogue

Filmography
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

James Naremore is Chancellor's Professor Emeritus at Indiana University and author of The Magic World of Orson Welles, Acting in the Cinema, More than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts, On Kubrick, and An Invention without a Future: Essays on Cinema.