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Refocus: the Films of William Castle (Hardcover)
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Refocus: the Films of William Castle (Hardcover)
Series: ReFocus: The American Directors Series
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The first collection of essays devoted to Hollywood director
William CastleOften described as 'the Master of Gimmicks', William
Castle is best known for the outrageous publicity stunts that
characterised his genre films in the 1950s and '60s, including
offers for an insurance policy against death by fright, vibrating
seats, a skeleton that flew over the audience, and a 'punishment
poll' to determine a film's conclusion. But far from being 'the
world's craziest filmmaker', Castle was also a dependable studio
director who made more than 50 films between 1944 and 1974, and who
produced films for Orson Welles and Roman Polanski. 'ReFocus: The
Films of William Castle' assembles fourteen essays on the full
sweep of Castle's career, including his horror films, westerns,
film noirs and more. With an influence felt on directors like Joe
Dante, Robert Zemeckis and John Waters, this volume reappraises
Castle's legacy as an innovator as much as a
showman.ContributorsHugh S. Manon (Clark University)Zachary Rearick
(Georgia State University)Anthony Thomas McKenna (Shanghai Jiao
Tong University)Murray Leeder (University of Calgary)Beth Kattelman
(Ohio State University)Eliot Bessette (University of California,
Berkeley)Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (University of Melbourne)
Steffen Hantke (Sogang University)Michael Brodski (University of
Mainz) Caroline Langhorst (University of Mainz)Michael Petitti
(University of Southern California)Peter Marra (Wayne State
University)Kate J. Russell (University of Toronto)
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