Jacques Tourneur - The Cinema of Nightfall (Hardcover, New)


At least three of director Jacques Tourneurs films--Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie and The Leopard Man--are recognized as horror classics. Yet his contributions to these films are often minimized by scholars, with most of the credit going to the films producer, Val Lewton. A detailed examination of the directors full body of work reveals that those elements most evident in the Tourneur-Lewton collaborations--the lack of monsters and the stylized use of suggested violence--are equally apparent in Tourneurs films before and after his work with Lewton. Mystery and sensuality were hallmarks of his style, and he possessed a highly artistic visual and aural style. This insightful critical study examines each of Tourneurs films, as well as his extensive work on MGM shorts (1936-1942) and in television. What emerges is evidence of a highly coherent directorial style that runs throughout Tourneurs works.

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At least three of director Jacques Tourneurs films--Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie and The Leopard Man--are recognized as horror classics. Yet his contributions to these films are often minimized by scholars, with most of the credit going to the films producer, Val Lewton. A detailed examination of the directors full body of work reveals that those elements most evident in the Tourneur-Lewton collaborations--the lack of monsters and the stylized use of suggested violence--are equally apparent in Tourneurs films before and after his work with Lewton. Mystery and sensuality were hallmarks of his style, and he possessed a highly artistic visual and aural style. This insightful critical study examines each of Tourneurs films, as well as his extensive work on MGM shorts (1936-1942) and in television. What emerges is evidence of a highly coherent directorial style that runs throughout Tourneurs works.

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Imprint

McFarland & Company

Country of origin

United States

Release date

October 1998

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First published

July 1998

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Dimensions

240 x 187 x 16mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

408

Edition

New

ISBN-13

978-0-7864-0491-9

Barcode

9780786404919

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LSN

0-7864-0491-4



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