Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson (2017)

ALL 01/10/2017 (en) Documentary 25 Min
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    01/10/2017
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  • Original title
    Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
  • Original language
    en
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Overview

In this 25-minute video essay, film scholar David Bordwell, co-author of "Film Art: An Introduction", conducts an analysis of Howard Hawks's "His Girl Friday" (1940), which he believes to be the apotheosis of classical Hollywood storytelling. Bordwell discusses the film's history and the status of Howard Hawks as an auteur before delving into a detailed analysis of various aspects of the film's narrative, dialogue, use of props, editing, and staging.

  1. Director

  2. Story

  3. Kim Hendrickson

    Producer



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  1. David Bordwell

    Self

  2. Rosalind Russell

    Self (archive footage)

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Casts : 2 , Crews : 6

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Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson (2017) 25 Min

ALL 01/10/2017 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 01/10/2017
  • Production
  • Original title Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

In this 25-minute video essay, film scholar David Bordwell, co-author of "Film Art: An Introduction", conducts an analysis of Howard Hawks's "His Girl Friday" (1940), which he believes to be the apotheosis of classical Hollywood storytelling. Bordwell discusses the film's history and the status of Howard Hawks as an auteur before delving into a detailed analysis of various aspects of the film's narrative, dialogue, use of props, editing, and staging.

  1. Director

  2. Story

  3. Gabriel Chávez

    Editor

  4. Kim Hendrickson

    Producer