BFI Film Classics: Sweet Smell of Success (Paperback)

from btuckertx

James Naremore, via BFI Film Classics, presents a synopsis of the 1957 film, Sweet Smell of Success in a nicely bound, soft cover edition. In its one hundred and ten pages (publication data, table of contents and bibliography included), Naremore gives us a smoothly narrated overview of the film, ...

from barbharper

James Naremore has written a companion book to the film "Sweet Smell of Success" which is an essential purchase for those interested in the film. He gives the genesis of the project from Ernest Lehman's novella through various screenplay versions and ending with Clifford Odets' final version. The...

from IsolaBlue

Reading this book was a pleasing introduction to the British Film Institute's series of classic film studies. For aficionados of celluloid or serious students of film, this series deserves special attention. The smooth dark plum and pale dove-gray cover of the slim paperback that holds "Sweet Sme...