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Paperback The Sting: A Novel Approach to Cinema Book

ISBN: 1593762798

ISBN13: 9781593762797

The Sting: A Novel Approach to Cinema

(Book #3 in the Deep Focus Series)

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From Melville to Madoff, the Confidence Man is an essential American archetype. George Roy Hill's 1973 film The Sting treats this theme with a characteristic dexterity. The movie was warmly received in its time, winning seven Academy Awards, but there were some who thought the movie was nothing more than a slight throwback. Pauline Kael, among others, felt Hill's film was mechanical and contrived: a callow and manipulative attempt to recapture...

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