Sweet Smell of Success

by James Naremore

Book Overview

One of the most daring films of the 1950s, the dark satire Sweet Smell of Success , took on McCarthyism at a time when film studios were cringing under the repressive eye of the censors and an equally intimidating political and media environment. Starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis, this film was the first of its kind to take on the Hollywood system as it served up a dose of revenge for the left against the suffocating cultural atmosphere of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844572889
• ISBN13: 9781844572885
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 7.4"