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<p>It would be easy to dismiss the films of Douglas Sirk (1897-1987) as brilliant examples of mid-century melodrama with little to say to the contemporary world. Yet Robert Pippin argues that, far from being marginal pieces of sentimentality, Sirk's films are rich with irony, insight and depth. Indeed Sirk's films, often celebrated as classics of the genre, are attempts to subvert rather than conform to rules of conventional melodrama.<br><br>The visual style, story and characters of films like
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- Author
- Evans, Peter William (author)
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Bloomsbury Academic
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781350195691
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Memoir, Philosophy, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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