The Films of Joseph Losey

by Michael Riley, James Palmer, James Palmer

Book Overview

The Films of Joseph Losey examines the career of the expatriate director through a close analysis of five of his most important and challenging films. When his leftist politics made him a target of the House Committee on Unamerican Activities in 1951, the blacklisted Losey left America and continued his film career in England. Concerned mainly with the use and abuse of power inherent in intimate relationships, Losey also examined these issues as manifested...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521387809
• ISBN13: 9780521387804
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"