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Jan 07, 2016 douglas sirk on sirk by john halliday january 7, 2016 7. Thedouglas sirk of hallidays book is an intellectual with a thorough grasp of filmmaking. Prejudices against melodrama as a genre in movies are partly tied to patronizing or openly derisive attitudes toward socalled womens pictures, soap operas or tearjerkers, but in the interview book sirk on sirk by jon halliday, sirk straightforwardly breaks it down into its original meaningthe greek melos. Sirk on sirk directors on directors kindle edition by. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.

The magazine would feature him extensively in april 1967, and between andrew sarris the american cinema the following year, and jon halliday s 1971 book conversations with sirk. A series of interviews that jon halliday carried out with sirk in his later years. Isbn 9780670019380 9780670019380 softcover, viking press, 1972. Oct 16, 2016 in sirk on sirk, a book length conversation with the british journalist jon halliday, sirk explains this notion of shifting identity, noting that both sanderss and balls. Halliday authored a biography of filmmaker douglas sirk and has written and edited seven other books. In sirk on sirk, a book length conversation with the british journalist jon halliday, sirk explains this notion of shifting identity, noting that both sanderss and balls. The book length interview by jon halliday with douglas sirk published in 1971 was the catalyst for the reappraisal of his contributions to the. Editions of sirk on sirk by douglas sirk goodreads. In addition, he and his wife, jung chang, with whom. Read download mao the unknown story pdf pdf download. Douglas sirk was one of the 20th century cinemas great ironists. Buy sirk on sirk book online at best prices in india on. Buy a cheap copy of sirk on sirk book by john halliday.

Sirk, douglas 18971987 people and organisations trove. Sirk on sirk by jon halliday overdrive rakuten overdrive. Michael stern, interview, bright lights, winter 1977 78, p. Douglas sirks mystical magnificent obsession available from. Sirk on sirk has been translated into chinese, french, german, japanese and spanish. Jon halliday sirk on sirk provides a survey of the career of douglas sirk, one of quentin tarantinos favourite directors. The most important innovators in sirk criticism in this period were jon halliday, whose lengthy interview in book form, sirk on sirk, has become a standard work, and andrew sarris, whose program notes on the directors films were compiled into the booklet douglas sirkthe complete american period. Buy sirk on sirk by douglas sirk, jon halliday online at alibris. Special thanks to jon halliday and thomas elsaesser for their. Now she and her husband jon halliday have written a groundbreaking biography of mao tsetung. Douglas sirk was a german film director best known for his work in hollywood melodramas of. He and his wife, jung chang, live in notting hill, west london. He is the author or editor of nine books, including. Jon halliday also published a range of interviews with douglas sirk in the book sirk on sirk.

He then wanted to rewrite the interview as he had done, i understand, with jon hallidays fascinating and indispensable book of interviews, sirk on sirk. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new. Sirk started his career in germany as a stage and screen director, but he left for hollywood in 1937 because his jewish wife was persecuted by the nazis. The great book length set of interviews with sirk by jon halliday, from 1970 more than a decade after the directors retirement, reveals the span and depth of the directors theoretical. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most. Jung changs wild swans was an extraordinary bestseller throughout the world, selling more than 10 million copies and reaching a wider readership than any other book about china. Sirk on sirk directors on directors jon halliday on. Halliday has written or edited eight books, including a long interview with the u. When the director commenced the series of conversations with film scholar jon halliday that became sirk on sirk, he had forgotten many details of his own career. Hallidays extensive interview, sirk on sirk, first published in 1971 and reissued in an. Sirk on sirk by douglas sirk, jon halliday alibris.

He was formerly a senior visiting research fellow at kings college london halliday has written or edited eight books, including a long interview with the u. Discover book depositorys huge selection of jon halliday books online. Douglas sirk is one of the most neglected directors in american cinema. Sirk on sirk directors on directors kindle edition by jon halliday. The seminal work in this field was jon hallidays booklength interview, sirk on sirk 1971 which presented sirk as. Sirk on sirk by douglas sirk meet your next favorite book. Sirk on sirk by jon halliday, 9780571190980, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The sirk of hallidays book is an intellectual with a thorough grasp of filmmaking. Finally, there is the 1972 edinburgh film festival booklet, edited by jon halliday and laura mulvey, which accompanied a retrospective of some twenty sirk films and contains both reprints and new material. He is the author or editor of nine books, including douglas sirk with laura mulvey, 1972, as well as works on japan, korea, albania, and the psychology of gambling.

In this book the film director douglas sirk was interviewed by jon halliday to discuss filmmaking, where he shows a. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This book aims to rectify that and, through a survey of his career, to reestablish sirk as one of the great stylists of hollywood cinema. The germanborn douglas sirk, who after a successful career in theatre and film moved to hollywood in 1937 and directed 30 films starring actors such as rock hudson. Buy sirk on sirk book online at low prices in india sirk. Jon hallidays 1971 book long interview, conversations with sirk, which made his critical reputation in the englishspeaking world. However, the major work that transformed sirks reputation was rooted in the intelligence and thoughtfulness of the man himself. In 1937 sirk left germany, after a successful career in theatre and film, and came to hollywood. The major work that transformed sirks reputation was rooted in the intelligence and thoughtfulness of the man himself. Douglas sirk on sirk by john halliday january 7, 2016 7. Douglas sirk is one of the unsung heroes of american cinema. Halliday was published and a book of essays compiled by the. Douglas sirks glorious cinema of outsiders the new yorker. Jon halliday is an irish historian specialising in modern asia and was a former senior visiting research fellow at kings college london.

Sirk had actually met heydrich at a party in berlin in the 1930s, according to jon hallidays fascinating book length interview, sirk on sirk 1972. Sirk left germany in 1937 to go to hollywood, where he directed some 30 films, which are. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading sirk on sirk directors on directors. Read sirk on sirk by jon halliday available from rakuten kobo. Douglas sirk project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Interviews with jon halliday, 1972 viking, ny that the feminist critical studies majors at ucla loved. Wolfgang limmer, suddentsche zeitung, november 1718, 1973, translation from the. Hitlers madman could easily have served as a model for steven spielbergs schindlers list 1993, especially in its depiction of nazi actions. But since the many revisions he suggested changed it, in my judgment, into something quite different from the conversation that took place between usand more importantly, offered a. Jon halliday is an irish historian specialising in modern asia.

The interviews are broken into six periods sirk s german theater period. Sirk on sirk directors on directors paperback march 1, 1997 by jon halliday editor. The final image of her alone, figuratively having sex with a model of an oil well at her fathers desk, is a killer, and was featured on the cover of a book on sirk sirk on sirk. Buy sirk on sirk directors on directors main by halliday, jon isbn. Mar 31, 2017 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Sirk yesterday after youd gone, he told halliday, and she says i did make a film called all that heaven allows.