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John Ford’s America

John Ford’s America

Jeffrey Richards

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Manchester University Press (P648)
Año de edición:
2024
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Teoría y crítica cinematográficas
ISBN:
9781526173812
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This volume explores John Ford’s preoccupations throughout his long career, showing how he attempted to come to terms with American history, with how America kept changing its relationship with history and how many of the myths of the ’West’ were just that - myths.

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