Robert Mitchum: Solid, Dad, Crazy
An extremely well-written and interesting account of Mitchum's life and influence. Robert Mitchum's life touched on the films he made - he started out in Westerns, playing cowboys and Indians, and was himself of American Indian descent; he made films about the war he served in; and he made a lot of film noirs, a genre he so personified even before he was, in real life, the unwitting fall guy in a set-up orchestrated by gangsters, and baited with a blonde femme fatale. He was - because of all this and in addition to it - one of the great movie actors. The book follows Mitchum through his films and looks in wonder at what he did, finally finding that everything was 'solid'. The book contains: A ChronoMitchology: a time-line sketch of Mitchum's life and career; Chapters on a dozen of Mitchum's major films (he made 120); Chapter on his musical output; A Mitchabet: an A to Z of Mitchum with one mini-essay for each letter of the alphabet, including essays on Attitude, Beat, Cigarettes, Directors...Fights, Girls...Noir, Rebel...Westerns.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0713487070
ISBN13:9780713487077
Release Date:June 2003
Publisher:B.T. Batsford
Length:208 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Customer Reviews
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Robert Mitchum immortalized.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 8 years ago
I discovered this volume at a local used bookstore and purchased it as an aside. It is anything but that. An absolute masterpiece to behold and to hold tightly. Conceptualized and written with a style that is thorough, defined and exhilarating. Love catches Mitchum moving and stays close throughout. It's all there. There are no highs cast against lows. The volume at once ascends and remains there until the last page is regrettably turned. I foiled that. I go back again & again. The 208 pages are sliced with all manner of book markers.
This, this I will take to the grave.
Damien Love, you did good.
- Dale Robinson
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