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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51838612 Title: American Jewish filmmakers Author: David Desser; Lester D Friedman Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2004. ISBN/ISSN: 0252071530 9780252071539 OCLC:51838612

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American Jewish filmmakers

Author:	David Desser; Lester D Friedman
Publisher:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2004.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : State or province government publication : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
Summary:	"Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Sidney Lumet, and Paul Mazursky, all sons of East European Jews, remain among the most prominent contemporary American film directors. In this revised, updated second edition of American Jewish Filmmakers, David Desser and Lester D. Friedman demonstrate how the Jewish experience gives rise to an intimately linked series of issues in the films of these and other significant Jewish Read more...
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Subjects	Jewish motion picture producers and directors -- United States. Jews in the motion picture industry -- United States. Jews in motion pictures. View all subjects
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Material Type:	Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	David Desser; Lester D Friedman Find more information about:
ISBN:	0252071530 9780252071539
OCLC Number:	51838612
Description:	x, 345 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:	Traditions of American Jewish art -- Woody Allen: the schlemiel as modern philosopher -- Mel Brooks: "farts will be heard" -- Sidney Lumet: the memory of guilt -- Paul Mazursky: the price of freedom -- Too much at home in America?
Responsibility:	David Desser and Lester D. Friedman.
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Demonstrating how the Jewish experience gives rise to an intimately linked series of issues in Jewish filmmakers films, this trilogy presents the effects of the Holocaust linger. It focuses on the Read more...

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