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John Sandford (3) (1944–)

Autore di The New German Cinema

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John Sandford was born John Roswell Camp on February 23, 1944 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Before entering the U.S. Army and serving in Korea, he received a bachelor's degree in American history from the University of Iowa in 1966. After leaving the service, he received a master's degree in journalism mostra altro from the University of Iowa. During the 1970s, he worked at The Miami Herald, and the St. Paul Pioneer Press. In 1985, he began researching the lives of a farm family caught in the midst of the crisis of American farming. The article, Life on the Land: An American Farm Family, won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing and the American Society of Newspaper Editors Award for Non-Deadline Feature Writing. After winning the Pulitzer Prize, he began writing fiction. His works include the Prey series, the Virgil Flowers series, and The Singular Menace series. He has also written nonfiction works on plastic surgery and art. Sandford's Young Adult novels, Uncaged and Outrage, Books 1 and 2 of The Singular Menace Series co-written with Michelle Cook, made the New York Times Bestseller list in July 2016. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

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Data di nascita
1944-01-01
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I'm sure I've read this, I don't remember it. Don't you hate 'reviews' that start out this way? I give it 4 stars b/c German cinema of the 30 yrs covered by this bk is such an incredible time politically & dramatically. The one thing I DO remember from reading this (I'm now realizing) is how funding was finding its way into these director's hands thru München TV. It probably wasn't much by most people's standards but it was enuf to ensure that some of the most amazing movies were made: Volker Schlöndorff's "The Tin Drum" (a controvery surrounding wch I've written a substantial article about elsewhere) - who may not've been München TV funded (I don't recall), Werner Herzog's "Aguirre", Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "The Third Generation", Hans Jürgen Syberberg.., etc.. If I were to run across any other bks on the subject I'd probably pick them up. In the meantime, if you're interested in the subject, this one will certainly do!… (altro)
 
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4
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Voto
3.8
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1
ISBN
1,798
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