{"product_id":"american-vision-the-films-of-frank-capra-9780521326193","title":"American Vision: The Films of Frank Capra","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this study  Professor Carney provides a fresh analysis of the career and work of film director Frank Capra. There are few filmgoers who have not seen or been moved by one of the thirty-six feature films directed by Frank Capra between 1926 and 1961  among them are Its a Wonderful Life  Mr Smith Goes to Washington  Meet John Doe  Lost Horizon  It Happened One Night  Mr Deeds Goes to Town  and Pocketful of Miracles. Critics  however  have often dismissed the director as sentimental  or patronised his populist tendencies. Professor Carney locates the directors oeuvre within a larger tradition of post-Romantic expression  placing him in the company of figures such as Hawthorne  Emerson  James  Winslow  Homer  Sargent and Edward Hopper. His vast knowledge of Capras biography  the intricacies of the Hollywood studio system  film-making techniques  and the American cultural heritage has produced a study that moves beyond the boundaries of film scholarship. The detailed readings of individual films are presented within a broad cultural context and the context of Capras own development. Thus  the book is as much an exploration of the American imagination as it is a study of a single directors work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646657060917,"sku":"ByrdShop_0521326192","price":103.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780521326193_bf860994-d6a7-4c20-96dc-b53f8a8b948a.jpg?v=1781676862","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/american-vision-the-films-of-frank-capra-9780521326193","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}