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American Jewish filmmakers / David Desser and Lester D. Friedman.

Title
  1. American Jewish filmmakers / David Desser and Lester D. Friedman.
Published by
  1. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2004.
Author
  1. Desser, David

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Additional authors
  1. Friedman, Lester D.
Description
  1. x, 345 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Sidney Lumet, and Paul Mazursky, all sons of East European Jews, remain among the most prominent contemporary American film directors. In this revised, updated second edition of American Jewish Filmmakers, David Desser and Lester D. Friedman demonstrate how the Jewish experience gives rise to an intimately linked series of issues in the films of these and other significant Jewish directors." "This edition concludes with a newly written discussion of the careers of other prominent Jewish filmmakers such as Steven Spielberg, Barry Levinson, Brian Singer, and Darren Aronofsky."--Jacket.
Subject
  1. Jewish motion picture producers and directors > United States
  2. Jews in the motion picture industry
  3. Jews in motion pictures
  4. Jews in the motion picture industry > United States
Contents
  1. Traditions of American Jewish art -- Woody Allen: the schlemiel as modern philosopher -- Mel Brooks: "farts will be heard" -- Sidney Lumet: the memory of guilt -- Paul Mazursky: the price of freedom -- Too much at home in America?
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-331), filmography (p. [321]-324) and index.
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