Fritz Lang by Patrick McGilligan 1997, Paperback: items on eBay.com

Description: A biography of one of the cinema's most celebrated and dangerous directors, from one of the greatest cinema biographers working today. McGilligan reveals the truth behind the murky rumors and contradictions surrounding Lang: Was he a clo...

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Synopsis
A biography of one of the cinema's most celebrated and dangerous directors, from one of the greatest cinema biographers working today. McGilligan reveals the truth behind the murky rumors and contradictions surrounding Lang: Was he a closet Nazi in Germany and, later, a closet Communist in America? Was he a sensitive and compassionate director (as well as lover) of famous and beautiful actresses, or was he a sadomasochistic beast whose vicious behavior on the set was mirrored by a sordid love life crowded with prostitutes and mistresses? This, the first definitive biography of Lang, sorts out the legends that surround a legendary man.

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Publication Date:	1997-11-01

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Length:	548 pages
Height:	8.8 in
Width:	5.0 in
Thickness:	1.0 in
Weight:	16.8 oz

Industry Reviews
"McGilligan justifies his subtitle by disclosing the nature of the beast....Fritz Lang is set before us, with bestial nature and fulminant genius, his life lapped in the cultural and political history that made him what he was and that he, in turn, helped to epitomize."
New York Times Book Review - Stanley Kauffmann (07/20/1997)

"McGilligan is not a great stylist, but he has a great story to tell, and he tells it with verve, originality, and insight."
Solomon-Godeau

"This book may well be not only the definitive biography of Lang for the foreseeable future, but a longstanding model for film biographies in general."
Mehlman

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