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Wheeler, Mark (2022) Sorcerer: William Friedkin and the New Hollywood. Politics Literature and Film . Lexington Books, an imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., London. ISBN 9781498596121, 9781498596138
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William Friedkin’s film Sorcerer (1977) has been subject to a major re-evaluation in the last decade. A dark re-imagining of the French Director H.G. Clouzot’s Le Salaire de la Peur (The Wages of Fear) (1953) (based on George Arnaud’s novel); the film was a major critical and commercial failure on its initial release. Friedkin’s work was castigated as an example of directorial hubris as it was a notoriously difficult production which went wildly over-budget. It was viewed at the time as the end of New Hollywood. However, within recent years, the film has emerged in the popular and scholarly consciousness from enjoying a minor, cult status to becoming subject to a full-blown critical reconsideration in which it has been praised a major work by a key American filmmaker.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Sorcerer (Motion picture : 1977); Friedkin, William; New Hollywood; filmmaking |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 320 Political science 300 Social sciences > 380 Commerce, communications & transportation 700 The arts; fine & decorative arts > 790 Recreational & performing arts |
| Department: | School of Social Sciences and Professions |
| Depositing User: | Mark Wheeler |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Sep 2022 11:26 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Sep 2022 11:30 |
| URI: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/id/eprint/7916 |
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