Transition and Transformation: Victor Sjstrm in Hollywood 1923-1930 (Amsterdam University Press - Film Culture in Transition)

ISBN: 9089645047

Author: Florin, Bo

Condition: New

In 1923, the film director Victor Seastrom (né Sjstrm), then Swedens most renowned filmmaker, was recruited to Hollywood by Goldwyn Pictures, where he made eight silent pictures and one talkie in seven years, among them a 1926 version of The Scarlet Letter. What elements of Swedish cinema did he bring with him to the States, and how were these techniques transformed by Hollywood? This is the first book-length study dedicated to the films of Sjstrm (1879-1960) and how he functioned in the studio system of 1920s Hollywood. Bo Florin explores the ways the director applied his austere and naturalistic film style in a radically different context and discusses how his films were received in Hollywood.