Sunday, April 10, 2016

A Companion to Woody Allen





Sam B. Girgus, Peter J. Bailey, “A Companion to Woody Allen”

ISBN: 1444337238 | 2013 | EPUB | 594 pages | 3 MB



Edited by two renowned Allen experts, A Companion to Woody Allen presents a collection of 26 original essays on the director’s films. Contributions offer a number of divergent critical perspectives while expanding the contexts in which his work is understood.


• A timely companion by the authors of two of the most important books on Allen to date


• Illuminates the films of Woody Allen from a number of divergent critical perspectives


• Explores the contexts in which his work should be understood


• Assesses Allen’s remarkable filmmaking career from its early beginnings and investigates the conflicts and contradictions that suffuse it


• Discusses Allen’s recognition as a global cinematic figure