{"product_id":"all-the-presidents-men-paperback-1","title":"All the President's Men - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert B. Ray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChristian Keathley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan J. Pakula's political thriller \u003ci\u003eAll the President's Men\u003c\/i\u003e (1976) was met with immediate critical and commercial success upon its release, finishing second at the box office and earning seven Academy Award nominations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through a close reading of key scenes, performances and stylistic decisions, Christian Keathley and Robert B. Ray show how the film derives its narrative power through a series of controlled oppositions: silence vs. noise; stationary vs. moving camera; dark vs. well-lit scenes and shallow vs. deep focus, tracing how these elements combine to create an underlying formal design crucial to the film's achievement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey argue that the film does not fit the auteurist model of New Hollywood film-makers such as Coppola and Scorsese. Instead, \u003ci\u003eAll the President's Men \u003c\/i\u003emore closely resembles a studio-era film, the result of a collaboration between a producer (Robert Redford), multiple scriptwriters, a skilful director, important stars (Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman), a distinctive cameraman (Gordon Willis), an imaginative art director (George Jenkins) and ingenious sound designers, who together created an enduringly great film.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristian Keathley\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Film and Media Culture at Middlebury College, USA. He is author of \u003ci\u003eCinephilia and History, or The Wind in the Trees\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Videographic Essay: Criticism in Sound \u0026amp; Image\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). His writing has been published in journals such as \u003ci\u003eScreen \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMOVIE\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert B. Ray\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at the University of Florida, USA. He is author of\u003ci\u003e A Certain Tendency of the Hollywood Cinema, 1930-1980 \u003c\/i\u003e(1985), \u003ci\u003eThe Avant-Garde Finds Andy Hardy\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eHow a Film Theory Got Lost and Other Mysteries in Cultural Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eThe ABCs of Classic Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), \u003ci\u003eWalden X 40: Essays on Thoreau \u003c\/i\u003e(2012) and \u003ci\u003eThe Structure of Complex Images \u003c\/i\u003e(2020).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765213298976,"sku":"9781839024047","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1fca2623635f0b68db8edd3355cfee50_13cd29b8-e6e3-4b19-8b00-d1b4363b17b5.webp?v=1780263924","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/all-the-presidents-men-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}