{"product_id":"written-on-the-wind-9781844574209","title":"Written on the Wind","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten on the Wind (1956) is one of classical Hollywood's most striking films and\u003cbr\u003eranks among Douglas Sirk's finest achievements. An intense melodrama about\u003cbr\u003ean alcoholic playboy who marries the woman his best friend secretly loves, \u003cbr\u003ethe film is highly stylised, psychologically complex, and marked by Sirk's\u003cbr\u003echaracteristic charting of the social realities of 1950s America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis first single study of Written on the Wind reassesses the film's artistic\u003cbr\u003eheritage and place within the wider framework of contemporary American\u003cbr\u003eculture. Incorporating original archival research, Peter William Evans examines\u003cbr\u003ethe production, promotion and reception of Written on the Wind, exploring its\u003cbr\u003ethemes - of time, memory, space, family, class and sex - as well as its brilliance\u003cbr\u003eof form. Its vivid aesthetics, powerful performances and profound treatment\u003cbr\u003eof human emotions, make Written on the Wind a masterpiece of Hollywood\u003cbr\u003emelodrama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e British Film Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781844574209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.30w x 0.60d","brand":"Peter William Evans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51280710664373,"sku":"9781844574209","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_48553bae-eb97-4ec4-b222-bbd21ffc935d.jpg?v=1751468575","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/written-on-the-wind-9781844574209","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}