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Sweet smell of success

Authors:James Naremore, British Film Institute

Summary:James Naremore's insightful study of this darkly satiric and much-admired film about the culture of celebrity in 1950s New York, starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis, provides new production information, a lively discussion of the film's historical context, and a close analysis of the work of its various contributors

Print Book, English, 2010

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Publisher: BFI/Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2010

Series:

BFI film classics

Physical Description:110 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

ISBN:

9781844572885, 1844572889

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:475447015

Subjects:

Mackendrick, Alexander, 1912-1993

Performing Arts

Sweet smell of success (Motion picture)

Contents:

Roman à clef

Twilight of the gods

A pain in the stomach

Re-writing and re-writing and re-writing

Showtime

Aftermath and retrospect