{"product_id":"movie-love-in-the-50s-0306811774","title":"Movie Love in the 50s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0306811774\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Harvey, James\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What I set out to do is to help you see movies better, to experience them more deeply and sharply and richly,\" says James Harvey. And his critical method-reading a movie moment by moment, scene by scene-reveals new layers of meaning in even the most familiar films. See how 1940s film noir evolves into 1950s melodrama; how the femme fatale of the 1940s (think Barbara Stanwyck) becomes blander and blonder (think Doris Day) and then younger and sexier (yes, Marilyn); and how the new boy-men-Clift, Brando, Dean-finally steal the show. Harvey also discusses the directors: Hitchcock, Ophuls, Kazan, Welles. Comprehensive, vivid, and charismatic, Movie Love in the Fifties is a fresh look at the films, directors, and actors of a dynamic decade. \"Whether he's escorting us through Nicholas Ray's Bitter Victory, Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life, Orson Welles's Magnificent Ambersons, or any one of a dozen other great films from the period, Harvey lends us an astuteness of analysis and a power of observation that we couldn't have had on our own.\" -- Wendy Lesser, The American Prospect\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51735920836896,"sku":"NEW0306811774","price":26.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/51NIMCdkvmL.jpg?v=1779499963","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/movie-love-in-the-50s-0306811774","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}