Lives of Robert Ryan (eBook)

J R Jones (Autor)

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2015
376 Seiten
Wesleyan University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8195-7373-5 (ISBN)

Infos

An “engrossing new biography” of the actor famed for his menacing onscreen persona—and his offscreen work for peace and civil rights (Film Quarterly).  The Lives of Robert Ryan is an in-depth look at the gifted, complex, intensely private man Martin Scorsese called “one of the greatest actors in the history of American film.” The son of a Chicago construction executive with strong ties to the Democratic machine, Ryan became a star after World War II on the strength of his menacing performance as an anti-Semitic murderer in the film noir Crossfire. Over the next quarter century, he created a gallery of brooding, neurotic, and violent characters in such movies as Bad Day at Black Rock, Billy Budd, The Dirty Dozen, and The Wild Bunch. His riveting performances expose the darkest impulses of the American psyche during the Cold War.   At the same time, Ryan’s marriage to a liberal Quaker and his own conscience launched him into a tireless career of peace and civil rights activism that stood in direct contrast to his screen persona. Drawing on unpublished writings and revealing interviews, film critic J.R. Jones deftly explores the many contradictory facets of Robert Ryan’s public and private lives, and how these lives intertwined in one of the most compelling actors of a generation.   “Engaging . . . Jones describes a complex man who grappled publicly with the world’s demons and privately with his own, among them alcohol and depression.” —Associated Press   “Jones has done a superb job . . . A masterly biography.” —Library Journal  Includes photographs

Autor

amp;lt;P>J.R. Jones is an award-winning film critic and editor for the Chicago Reader. His writing has appeared in New York Press, Kenyon Review, Da Capo Best Music Writing, and Noir City. He lives in Chicago.</P>

Inhalt

<P>Introduction<BR>Inferno<BR>The Mysterious Spirit<BR>Bombs Away<BR>You Know the Kind<BR>We Will Succeed, You Will Not<BR>Caught<BR>Learning by Doing<BR>The Whiz Kids<BR>Rum, Rebellion &amp; Ryan<BR>The Gates of War<BR>Beautiful Creatures<BR>The Longest Day<BR>One of the Boys<BR>My Good Bad Luck<BR>The Loneliest Place in Town</P>

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.5.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Wesleyan Film
• Reihe/Serie: Wesleyan Film
• Zusatzinfo: 40 illus.
• Verlagsort: Middletown
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Schlagworte: Biography - Entertainment &#38 • Biography - Entertainment & Performing Arts • performing arts
• ISBN-10: 0-8195-7373-6 / 0819573736
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8195-7373-5 / 9780819573735