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- Book Title
- Stroheim
- ISBN
- 9780813190440
- Subject Area
- Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts
- Publication Name
- Stroheim
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Historical, Film / History & Criticism
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Features
- Reprint
- Item Weight
- 25.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 574 Pages
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Erich von Stroheim (1885-1957) was one of the giants in American film history. Stubborn, arrogant, and colorful, he saw himself as a cinema artist, which led to conflicts with producers and studio executives who complained about the inflated budgets and extraordinary length of his films. Stroheim achieved great notoriety and success, but he was so uncompromising that he turned his triumph into failure. He was banned from ever directing again and spent his remaining years as an actor. Stroheim's life has been wreathed in myths, many of his own devising. Arthur Lennig scoured European and American archives for details concerning the life of the actor and director, and he counters several long-accepted claims. Stroheim's tales of military experience are almost completely fictitious; the "von" in his name was an affectation adopted at Ellis Island in 1909; and, counter to his own claim, he did not participate in the production of The Birth of a Nation in 1914. Wherever Stroheim lived, he was an outsider: a Jew in Vienna, an Austrian in southern California, an American in France. This contributed to an almost pathological need to embellish and obscure his past; yet, it also may have been the key to his genius both behind and in front of the camera. As an actor, Stroheim threw himself into his portrayals of evil men, relishing his epithet, ""The Man You Love to Hate."" As a director, he immersed himself in every facet of production, including script writing and costume design. In 1923 he created his masterpiece Greed , infamous for its eight-hour running time. Stroheim returned to acting, saving some of his finest performances for La Grande Illusion (1937) and Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard (1950), a role he hated, probably because it was too similar to the story of his own life.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
ISBN-10
0813190444
ISBN-13
9780813190440
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2446017
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
574 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Stroheim
Publication Year
2003
Subject
Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Historical, Film / History & Criticism
Features
Reprint
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
25.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Lennig took on the task of unpacking the legend, finding the truth. No one could have accomplished this task better." -- Choice, "A monument to the awful God Old Days of an infant Hollywood.-- Times Literary Supplement" -- Times Literary Supplement, "One of the most important books ever written on cinema history. This is a triumph." -- Rick Schmidlin, re-edit producer, Greed and Touch of Evil, "An extremely readable book, this biography manages to convey Lennig's appreciation of Stroheim's genius.... Highly recommended." -- Library Journal, Calls to mind the film societies of another era, the noise of a 16mm projector at the back of the room, the smell of mimeograph programme notes., A magisterial, crazily comprehensive biographical study of the original renegade director. Provides a definitive portrait of the notorious director and, in his accounting of the follies of art met by commerce, an affecting cultural history., Lennig is a serious researcher and he offers new film criticism and a thorough understanding of Lugosi's Hungarian background, his Hollywood years, five marriages and drug addiction., "A magisterial, crazily comprehensive biographical study of the original renegade director. Provides a definitive portrait of the notorious director and, in his accounting of the follies of art met by commerce, an affecting cultural history.-- Kirkus Reviews" -- Kirkus Reviews, "In a thrilling biography of one of Hollywood's great originals, Lennig strips away the legends surrounding director/actor Erich von Stroheim.... Lennig's masterful knowledge of film history and technique informs this penetrating biography." -- Publishers Weekly, "Sets most of the record straight and has a shrewd sense of Stroheim's art, which was really an extravagant expression of his own personality.-- San Diego Union-Tribune" -- San Diego Union-Tribune, To keep track of everything that happened to von Stroheim's films requires a dogged determination, and Lennig is up to that task.... Definitely a labor of love., The real story of Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim is far more interesting and psychologically compelling than the legend ever could be., "To judge from Lennig's admiring new biography, the director's worst enemy was indisputably himself.-- Washington Post Book World" -- Washington Post Book World, "Sets most of the record straight and has a shrewd sense of Stroheim's art, which was really an extravagant expression of his own personality." -- San Diego Union-Tribune, Sets most of the record straight and has a shrewd sense of Stroheim's art, which was really an extravagant expression of his own personality., "Calls to mind the film societies of another era, the noise of a 16mm projector at the back of the room, the smell of mimeograph programme notes.-- London Review of Books" -- London Review of Books, "To keep track of everything that happened to von Stroheim's films requires a dogged determination, and Lennig is up to that task.... Definitely a labor of love." -- New York Times Book Review, "An extremely readable book, this biography manages to convey Lennig's appreciation of Stroheim's genius.... Highly recommended.-- Library Journal" -- Library Journal, "Lennig has unearthed the Austrian documents that establish Stroheim's true background." -- Wall Street Journal, "A magisterial, crazily comprehensive biographical study of the original renegade director. Provides a definitive portrait of the notorious director and, in his accounting of the follies of art met by commerce, an affecting cultural history." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Lennig has unearthed the Austrian documents that establish Stroheim's true background.-- Wall Street Journal" -- Wall Street Journal, An extremely readable book, this biography manages to convey Lennig's appreciation of Stroheim's genius.... Highly recommended., "Lennig is a serious researcher and he offers new film criticism and a thorough understanding of Lugosi's Hungarian background, his Hollywood years, five marriages and drug addiction." -- News at Cinema Books, "To keep track of everything that happened to von Stroheim's films requires a dogged determination, and Lennig is up to that task.... Definitely a labor of love.-- New York Times Book Review" -- New York Times Book Review, "In a thrilling biography of one of Hollywood's great originals, Lennig strips away the legends surrounding director/actor Erich von Stroheim.... Lennig's masterful knowledge of film history and technique informs this penetrating biography.-- Publishers Weekly" -- Publishers Weekly, "Lennig took on the task of unpacking the legend, finding the truth. No one could have accomplished this task better.-- Choice" -- Choice, "To judge from Lennig's admiring new biography, the director's worst enemy was indisputably himself." -- Washington Post Book World, "One of the most important books ever written on cinema history. This is a triumph.-- Rick Schmidlin, re-edit producer, Greed and Touch of Evil" -- Rick Schmidlin, re-edit producer, Greed and Touch of Evil, Lennig took on the task of unpacking the legend, finding the truth. No one could have accomplished this task better., "The real story of Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim is far more interesting and psychologically compelling than the legend ever could be." -- Hartford Courant, "Calls to mind the film societies of another era, the noise of a 16mm projector at the back of the room, the smell of mimeograph programme notes." -- London Review of Books, "The real story of Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim is far more interesting and psychologically compelling than the legend ever could be.-- Hartford Courant" -- Hartford Courant, In a thrilling biography of one of Hollywood's great originals, Lennig strips away the legends surrounding director/actor Erich von Stroheim.... Lennig's masterful knowledge of film history and technique informs this penetrating biography.
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College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
791.43/0233/092 B
Edition Description
Reprint
Lc Classification Number
Pn1998.3.V67l46 2003
Copyright Date
2000
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