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Transition and Transformation: Victor Sjostrom in Hollywood 1923-1930(Film Culture in Transition)

Transition and Transformation: Victor Sjostrom in Hollywood 1923-1930(Film Culture in Transition)


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In 1923, Victor Sjostrom (1879-1960) got an offer from Goldwyn Pictures to come to Hollywood. This was nothing unusual for a successful European director: "Metro's bring - ing them in by car load", as Photoplay stated in 1926. At the time, Sjostrom was Sweden's most renowned director, who had become world famous for his austere and naturalistic film style. Sjostrom stayed in Hollywood for seven years and made nine films. What happened during those years to the characteristic style that he had developed in Sweden? How was it transformed by Hollywood? Did he maintain any of his stylistic particularities from the Swedish period? How were his Hollywood films received by the American and Swedish critics? This portrayal of a European in Hollywood reveals how Sjostrom, in adapting to the new production system, integrated and developed various stylistic elements from the Swedish years in a radically different context. Transition and Transformation is the first book-length study dedicated to the films of Victor Sjostrom made in Hollywood, which also nuances the picture of the American production system.

Table of Contents:
Transition and Transformation - 2 Contents - 6 Acknowledgements - 8 Introduction - From Sjostrom to Seastrom - 10 Sjostrom - From National to International - 18 A European in Hollywood - Name The Man and the Shift of Production Systems - 28 From Scientist to Clown - He Who Gets Slapped - 44 A for Adultery - The Scarlet Letter - 64 Conquering Nature - The Wind - 80 Fragmented Pieces: Writing the History of the Lost Hollywood Films - 100 The Shadow of the Silents - A Lady To Love - 120 The Genius and the System- Some Concluding Remarks - 134 Notes - 138 Bibliography - 150 Filmography - 154 Index - 156

About the Author :
Bo Florin is associate professor of cinema studies at Stockholm University.

Review :
Victor Sjostrom is unquestionably one of the filmmaking giants of the silent era, though most modern film scholars and fans know his work through only a small handful of classics. A systematic study of his Hollywood period is most welcome. Apart from knowing his subject thoroughly, Bo Florin combines traditional auteurism with more sophisticated historiographical methods to provide an impressive analysis. Kristin Thompson, Honorary Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison - "In this compact study of Sjostrom's Hollywood career, Bo Florin fleshes out this story through a close examination of the surviving films--some newly discovered--and revealing internal documents pulled from long-neglected studio files." Richard Koszarski, Rutgers University


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789048518180
  • Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Amsterdam University Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Victor Sjostrom in Hollywood 1923-1930
  • ISBN-10: 9048518180
  • Publisher Date: 24 Dec 2012
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Series Title: Film Culture in Transition


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