Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall

by Chris Fujiwara

Book Overview

At least three of director Jacques Tourneur's films--Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie and The Leopard Man--are recognized as horror classics. Yet his contributions to these films are often minimized by scholars, with most of the credit going to the films' producer, Val Lewton.

A detailed examination of the director's full body of work reveals that those elements most evident in the Tourneur-Lewton collaborations--the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786466111
• ISBN13: 9780786466115
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher