This is a unique study of the use of cinematic space by four important directors in American cinema from the 1930s to the 1960s: Frank Capra, Ernst Lubitsch, Josef von Sternberg, and William Wyler. Barbara Bowman examines each of their distinctive styles and diverse backgrounds and shows how these unique visual styles complement each other--representing the best in classic American cinema, from "Ninotchka" and "Shanghai Express" to "Best Years of Our Lives" to "It's a Wonderful Life."
These great directors viewed space not as simple emptiness, nor as something to be manipulated...
This is a unique study of the use of cinematic space by four important directors in American cinema from the 1930s to the 1960s: Frank Capra, Ernst...
