Douglas Sirk: Filmmaker and Philosopher

by Robert B. Pippin

Book Overview

It would be easy to dismiss the films of Douglas Sirk (1897-1987) as brilliant examples of mid-century melodrama with little to say to the contemporary world. Yet Robert Pippin argues that, far from being marginal pieces of sentimentality, Sirk's films are rich with irony, insight and depth. Indeed Sirk's films, often celebrated as classics of the genre, are attempts to subvert rather than conform to rules of conventional melodrama.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350195677
• ISBN13: 9781350195677
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 168 Pages