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How the West Was Sung: Music in the Westerns of John Ford
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by Kathryn Kalinak
Sales Rank: 213618
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Cover Type: Paperback with 271 pages
Published by: University of California PressEdition: 1st Edition September 17, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0520252349
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0520252349
Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
Weighs: 13.6 ounces
Book Description
James Stewart once said, "For John Ford, there was no need for dialogue. The music said it all." This lively, accessible study is the first comprehensive analysis of Ford's use of music in his iconic westerns. Encompassing a variety of critical approaches and incorporating original archival research, Kathryn Kalinak explores the director's oft-noted predilection for American folk song, hymnody, and period music. What she finds is that Ford used music as more than a stylistic gesture. In fascinating discussions of Ford's westerns--from silent-era features such as Straight Shooting and The Iron Horse to classics of the sound era such as My Darling Clementine and The Searchers --Kalinak describes how the director exploited music, and especially song, in defining the geographical and ideological space of the American West.
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"How the West Was Sung is gorgeously written, judiciously argued, and thoroughly researched. Even if you have a tin ear, Kathryn Kalinak will have you hearing Ford's Westerns in an entirely new way. This brilliant book represents a complete rethinking of films we thought we already knew."--Krin Gabbard, author of Black Magic: White Hollywood and African American Culture
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