Douglas Sirk (Claus Detler Sierck) was born in Hamburg, Germany, in
1900. He made nine films before fleeing Nazi Germany, eventually
coming to America. His best-known films, made during the 1950s--all
of them melodramas--were "Magnificent Obsession," "All That Heaven
Allows," "The Tarnished Angels," "Written on the Wind," and
"Imitation of Life" (made in 1958, released in 1959).
Because of the special stamp he put on his melodramas, Sirk's
best works transcend the constraints of their genre. In them, he
both exemplified and critiqued postwar, conservative, materialistic
life and its false value systems. There is much in Sirk,
particularly in "Imitation of Life," that is of interest to us
today. The time seems to be right for a new look at the film, its
reception amidst scandal over the affairs of its star--Lana
Turner--the relationships between its mothers and daughters, the
tensions between its men and its women, the friendships between its
black and white women, and the ambiguous, controversial approach of
Sirk to his material.
This volume includes the complete continuity script of the film,
critical commentary and published reviews, interviews with the
director, and a filmography and bibliography. It also includes an
excellent introduction by Lucy Fischer.
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