Edgar G. Ulmer

A Filmmaker at the Margins

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Film
Cover of the book Edgar G. Ulmer by Noah Isenberg, University of California Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Noah Isenberg ISBN: 9780520957176
Publisher: University of California Press Publication: January 9, 2014
Imprint: University of California Press Language: English
Author: Noah Isenberg
ISBN: 9780520957176
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication: January 9, 2014
Imprint: University of California Press
Language: English

Edgar G. Ulmer is perhaps best known today for Detour, considered by many to be the epitome of a certain noir style that transcends its B-list origins. But in his lifetime he never achieved the celebrity of his fellow Austrian and German émigré directors—Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger, Fred Zinnemann, and Robert Siodmak. Despite early work with Max Reinhardt and F. W. Murnau, his auspicious debut with Siodmak on their celebrated Weimar classic People on Sunday, and the success of films like Detour and Ruthless, Ulmer spent most of his career as an itinerant filmmaker earning modest paychecks for films that have either been overlooked or forgotten. In this fascinating and well-researched account of a career spent on the margins of Hollywood, Noah Isenberg provides the little-known details of Ulmer’s personal life and a thorough analysis of his wide-ranging, eclectic films—features aimed at minority audiences, horror and sci-fi flicks, genre pictures made in the U.S. and abroad. Isenberg shows that Ulmer’s unconventional path was in many ways more typical than that of his more famous colleagues. As he follows the twists and turns of Ulmer’s fortunes, Isenberg also conveys a new understanding of low-budget filmmaking in the studio era and beyond.
 

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Edgar G. Ulmer is perhaps best known today for Detour, considered by many to be the epitome of a certain noir style that transcends its B-list origins. But in his lifetime he never achieved the celebrity of his fellow Austrian and German émigré directors—Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger, Fred Zinnemann, and Robert Siodmak. Despite early work with Max Reinhardt and F. W. Murnau, his auspicious debut with Siodmak on their celebrated Weimar classic People on Sunday, and the success of films like Detour and Ruthless, Ulmer spent most of his career as an itinerant filmmaker earning modest paychecks for films that have either been overlooked or forgotten. In this fascinating and well-researched account of a career spent on the margins of Hollywood, Noah Isenberg provides the little-known details of Ulmer’s personal life and a thorough analysis of his wide-ranging, eclectic films—features aimed at minority audiences, horror and sci-fi flicks, genre pictures made in the U.S. and abroad. Isenberg shows that Ulmer’s unconventional path was in many ways more typical than that of his more famous colleagues. As he follows the twists and turns of Ulmer’s fortunes, Isenberg also conveys a new understanding of low-budget filmmaking in the studio era and beyond.
 

More books from University of California Press

Cover of the book Too Easy to Keep by Noah Isenberg
Cover of the book Nature's Clocks by Noah Isenberg
Cover of the book Making Modern Meals by Noah Isenberg
Cover of the book On the Road of the Winds by Noah Isenberg
Cover of the book Human Impacts on Seals, Sea Lions, and Sea Otters by Noah Isenberg
Cover of the book Commons by Noah Isenberg
Cover of the book Women's Place in the Andes by Noah Isenberg
Cover of the book Disarming Words by Noah Isenberg
Cover of the book Braided Waters by Noah Isenberg
Cover of the book Road Out by Noah Isenberg
Cover of the book Island of the Blue Dolphins by Noah Isenberg
Cover of the book Voicing Subjects by Noah Isenberg
Cover of the book Empire in Waves by Noah Isenberg
Cover of the book Grand Opera by Noah Isenberg
Cover of the book The Persistence of Sentiment by Noah Isenberg
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy