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From Here to Eternity
J. E. Smyth
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Paperback. From Here to Eternity (1953) is considered one of the greatest war epics and romantic dramas. Drawing on archival research and interviews with cast and crew, J.E. Smyth offers rich insights into key debates such as whether the film was censored, its faithfulness to the James Jones novel and its expose of the pre-World War II US military. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, 60 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 137 x 189 x 8. Weight in Grams: 198.
From Here to Eternity (1953) is one of the most controversial films of its time. Adapted from James Jones's bestselling novel, the landmark blockbuster deals frankly with adultery, military corruption, physical abuse, racism and murder, and traces the unhappy lives of five American outsiders in the last days before Pearl Harbor. Made at the height of the Cold War and Hollywood's anticommunist purges, director Fred Zinnemann, writer Daniel Taradash and producer Buddy Adler defied military and industry pressure to censor the material. Exploring the film's full production history and drawing upon archival documents and rare interviews with ... Read more
From Here to Eternity (1953) is one of the most controversial films of its time. Adapted from James Jones's bestselling novel, the landmark blockbuster deals frankly with adultery, military corruption, physical abuse, racism and murder, and traces the unhappy lives of five American outsiders in the last days before Pearl Harbor. Made at the height of the Cold War and Hollywood's anticommunist purges, director Fred Zinnemann, writer Daniel Taradash and producer Buddy Adler defied military and industry pressure to censor the material. Exploring the film's full production history and drawing upon archival documents and rare interviews with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
BFI Film Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844578146
SKU
V9781844578146
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About J. E. Smyth
J. E. Smyth is Reader in History at the University of Warwick, UK. Smyth is the author and editor of five books, including Reconstructing American Historical Cinema from Cimarron to Citizen Kane (2006) and Fred Zinnemann and the Cinema of Resistance (2014).
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