{"product_id":"the-sting-a-novel-approach-to-cinema-paperback","title":"The Sting: A Novel Approach to Cinema - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Specktor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSean Howe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Melville to Madoff, the Confidence Man is an essential American archetype. George Roy Hill's 1973 film \u003ci\u003eThe Sting\u003c\/i\u003e treats this theme with a characteristic dexterity. The movie was warmly received in its time, winning seven Academy Awards, but there were some who thought the movie was nothing more than a slight throwback. Pauline Kael, among others, felt Hill's film was mechanical and contrived: a callow and manipulative attempt to recapture the box-office success of Robert Redford and Paul Newman's prior pairing, \u003ci\u003eButch Cassidy \u0026amp; The Sundance Kid\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatthew Specktor's passionate, lyric meditation turns \u003ci\u003eThe Sting\u003c\/i\u003e on its head, on its side, and right-side-up in an effort to unpack the film's giddy complexity and secret, melancholic heart. Working off interviews with screenwriter David S. Ward and producer Tony Bill, and tacking from nuanced interpretation of its arching moods and themes to gimlet-eyed observation of its dizzying sleights-of-hand, Specktor opens \u003ci\u003eThe Sting\u003c\/i\u003e up to disclose the subtle and stunning dimensions--sexual, political, and aesthetic--of Hill's best film. Through Specktor's lens, \u003ci\u003eThe Sting\u003c\/i\u003e reveals itself as both an enduring human drama and a meditation on art-making itself, an ode to the necessary pleasure of being fooled at the movies.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Skecktor\u003c\/b\u003e is a former film executive for Tribeca Productions and 20th Century Fox. He is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThat Summertime Sound\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Dream Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, and his writing has appeared in various periodicals, including \u003ci\u003eOpen City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFive Chapters\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 6.65 x 4.74 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45847122772165,"sku":"9781593762797","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/qj8h9hgBJW9781593762797.webp?v=1771409482","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-sting-a-novel-approach-to-cinema-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}