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Title: Rio Bravo by Robin Wood ISBN: 0-85170-966-4 Publisher: British Film Inst Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Almost Gets the Job Done
Comment: This was, apart from a few flaws, a very enjoyable book about one of the most enjoyable movies of all time. Wood's pleasure in "Rio Bravo" is apparent on every page. He points out the similarities between "Rio Bravo" and "Only Angels Have Wings" and "To Have and Have Not." He brilliantly demolishes the "High Noon" left wing- "Rio Bravo" right wing dichotomy that so many repeat without thinking. His analysis of key scenes is right on the money.
Yet there are flaws. There is a passage that compares Howard Hawks to Jean Paul Sartre that just didn't work for me. Likewise, Wood's discovery of a gay context between Dude and Colorado failed to convince. However, my biggest gripe is that Wood goes on and on about how Feathers is the most vulnerable and touching of Hawks' heroines, and he never mentions the fact that "Rio Bravo" was co-written by Leigh Brackett, who was a woman! Indeed, Wood seems supremely uninterested in the circumstances of how the film was made, which bothered me. It was as if everything just sprang from Hawks' forehead.
However, this didn't take away from the fun of the book, which reflects the fun of the movie.
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Title: The Third Man by Rob White ISBN: 085170963X Publisher: British Film Inst Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Kind Hearts and Coronets by Michael Newton ISBN: 0851709648 Publisher: British Film Inst Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Searchers (Bfi Film Classics) by Edward Buscombe ISBN: 085170820X Publisher: British Film Inst Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title:The Rules of the Game - Criterion Collection ASIN: B00005JLV6 Publisher: Criterion Collection Pub. Date: 20 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $39.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $29.96 |
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Title: La Regle du Jeu by V. F. Perkins ISBN: 0851709656 Publisher: British Film Inst Pub. Date: April, 2004 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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