{"product_id":"abraham-polonsky-andrew-dickos-9781496857965","title":"Abraham Polonsky: Interviews","description":"Abraham Polonsky (1910-1999), screenwriter and filmmaker of the mid-twentieth-century Left, recognized his writerly mission to reveal the aspirations of his characters in a material society structured to undermine their hopes. In the process, he ennobled their struggle. His auspicious beginning in Hollywood reached a zenith with his Oscar-nominated screenplay for Robert Rossen's boxing \u003ci\u003enoir\u003c\/i\u003e film, \u003ci\u003eBody and Soul\u003c\/i\u003e (1947), and his inaugural film as writer and director, \u003ci\u003eForce of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e (1948), before he was blacklisted during the McCarthy witch hunt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Polonsky envisioned cinema as a modern artist. His aesthetic appreciation for each technical component of the screen aroused him to create voiceovers of urban cadences--poetic monologues spoken by the city's everyman, embodied by the actor who played his heroes best, John Garfield. His use of David Raksin's score in \u003ci\u003eForce of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, against the backdrop of the grandeur of New York City's landscape and the conflict between the brothers Joe and Leo Morse, elevated film \u003ci\u003enoir\u003c\/i\u003e into classical family tragedy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like Garfield, Polonsky faced persecution and an aborted career during the blacklist. But unlike Garfield, Polonsky survived to resume his career in Hollywood during the ferment of the late sixties. Then his vision of a changing society found allegorical expression in \u003ci\u003eTell Them Willie Boy Is Here\u003c\/i\u003e, his impressive anti-Western showing the destruction of the Paiute rebel outsider, Willie Boy, and cementing Polonsky as a moral voice in cinema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Dickos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496857968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496857965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Andrew Dickos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46094466220287,"sku":"9781496857965","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_748688e9-28ed-4242-a7c7-a2d9ac40e2c6.jpg?v=1724844740","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/abraham-polonsky-andrew-dickos-9781496857965","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}