Sweet Smell of Success (BFI Film Classics) Paperback - 2010
by Naremore, James
From the rear cover
The highest artistic achievement of Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, an innovative production company that emerged in Hollywood at the end of the classic studio system, Sweet Smell of Success (1957) portended the collapse of Breen-Office censorship and was the first US entertainment film to depict McCarthy-style exploitation of the press. It also presented an unusually dark view of the culture of celebrity, presaging developments of an even darker kind in our own day. Sweet Smell's frightening portrayal of a newspaperman loosely based on Walter Winchell and its unstinting depiction of corruption and sleaze in the world of Broadway theatres and nightclubs have given it a legendary reputation; critics and film-makers continue to praise the whiplash dialogue of Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman, the seductive location photography of James Wong Howe, the stylish direction of Alexander Mackendrick and the disturbing performances of Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis as ruthless gossip columnist J. J. Hunsecker and his ambitious but doomed acolyte, Sidney Falco.
Details
- Title Sweet Smell of Success (BFI Film Classics)
- Author Naremore, James
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 96
- Language ENG
- Publisher British Film Institute
- Date 2010-07
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781844572885
More Copies for Sale
Sweet Smell of Success (BFI Film Classics)
by Naremore, James
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781844572885 / 1844572889
- Quantity Available
- 21
- Seller
-
Conway, Arkansas, United States
- Item Price
-
€10.49€2.80 shipping to USA
Show Details
Sweet Smell of Success (BFI Film Classics)
by James Naremore
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781844572885 / 1844572889
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
€10.62FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Sweet Smell of Success (BFI Film Classics)
by James Naremore
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used; Very Good
- Edition
- 2010
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781844572885 / 1844572889
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€13.42€12.96 shipping to USA
Show Details
BFI Film Classics: Sweet Smell of Success
by James Naremore
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781844572885 / 1844572889
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€14.76€15.04 shipping to USA
Show Details
Sweet Smell of Success
by James Naremore
- New
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781844572885 / 1844572889
- Quantity Available
- 10
- Seller
-
Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€15.29€11.74 shipping to USA
Show Details
Sweet Smell of Success
by Naremore, James
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781844572885 / 1844572889
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€15.73€11.80 shipping to USA
Show Details
Sweet Smell of Success (BFI Film Classics)
by James Naremore
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used:Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781844572885 / 1844572889
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
€25.49FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Sweet Smell of Success (BFI Film Classics)
by Naremore, James
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781844572885 / 1844572889
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Newport Coast, California, United States
- Item Price
-
€43.69FREE shipping to USA