Archive for the 'The Rhapsodes: American film critics of the 1940s' Category
Manny Farber 2: Space man
Manny Farber, undated photo. Courtesy of Patricia Patterson.
The original entry at this URL, published 23 March 2014, has been removed. Revised and expanded, it forms a chapter in the book The Rhapsodes: How 1940s Critics Changed American Film Culture, to be published by the University of Chicago Press in spring 2016.
I explain the development of the book in this entry.
You can find more information on the book here and here.
Thank you for your interest!
Manny Farber 1: Color commentary
Manny Farber, undated photo. Courtesy of Patricia Patterson.
The original entry at this URL, published 17 March 2014, has been removed. Revised and expanded, it forms a chapter in the book The Rhapsodes: How 1940s Critics Changed American Film Culture, to be published by the University of Chicago Press in spring 2016.
You can find more information on the book here and here.
I explain the development of the book in this entry.
Thank you for your interest!
James Agee: All there and primed to go off
Monsieur Verdoux (1947).
The original entry at this URL, published 23 February 2014, has been removed. Revised and expanded, it forms a chapter in the book The Rhapsodes: How 1940s Critics Changed American Film Culture, to be published by the University of Chicago Press in spring 2016.
I explain the development of the book in this entry.
You can find more information on the book here and here.
Thank you for your interest!
Agee & Co.: A Newer Criticism
Saul Steinberg, “Lowbrow, Middlebrow, Highbrow”; Harper’s Magazine, February 1949.
The original entry at this URL, published 9 February 2014, has been removed. Revised and expanded, it forms a chapter in the book The Rhapsodes: How 1940s Critics Changed American Film Culture, to be published by the University of Chicago Press in spring 2016.
I explain the development of the book in this entry.
You can find more information on the book here and here.
Thank you for your interest!
