Singin' in the Rain (BFI Film Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (725 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1844575144 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 88 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Singin' In The Rain! My first introduction to "Singing In The Rain" was when Alex was raping a woman in "A Clockwork Orange." My second visit to "Singing" is Peter Wollen's small book length study of the Gene Kelly/Stanley Donen film. Strange enough, for a hardcore cinema fan like myself I have never ever seen this film. Yes, I have seen every Fred Astaire movie at least twice, but "Sin
Yet despite dazzling success with the public, it never received its fair share of critical analysis. Gene Kelly's genius as a performer is undeniable. Peter Wollen's illuminating study of Singin' in the Rain does justice to this complex film. Sixty years after its release, Singin' in the Rain (1951) remains one of the best loved films ever made. In a brilliant shot-by-shot analysis of the famous title number, he shows how skilfully Kelly weaves the dance and musical elements into the narrative, successfully combining two distinctive traditions within American Dance: tap and ballet.At the time of the film's production, its scriptwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and indeed Kelly himself, were all under threat from McCarthyism. Wollen describes how the fallout from blacklisting curtailed the careers of many of those who worked on the film and argues convincingly that the film rep
Acknowledged less often is his innovatory contribution as director.Peter Wollen's illuminating study of Singin' in the Rain does justice to thiscomplex film. From the Back Cover Sixty years after its release, Singin' in the Rain (1951) remains one of the bestloved films ever made. In a brilliant shot-by-shot analysis of the famous title number, he shows how skilfully Kelly weaves the dance and musical elements into thenarrative, successfully combining two distinctive traditions within AmericanDance: tap and ballet. In his foreword to this special edition, published to celebrate the 20thanniversary of the BFI Film Classics series, Geoff Andrew looks at the film'slegacy and celebrates the passion, lucidity and originality of Wollen's analysis.Summing up its enduring appeal, Andrew
He is the author of several books,including Signs and Meaning in the Cinema, first published in 1969 and reprintedin a new edition in 2012, and the co-writer (with Mark Peploe) of MichelangeloAntonioni's The Passenger (Professione: Reporter) (1974).GEOFF ANDREW is Head of Film Programme at BFI Southbank, and waspreviously Film Editor of Time