Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson

Overview

In this 25-minute video essay, film scholar David Bordwell, co-author of ""Film Art: An Introduction"", conducts an analysis of Howard Hawks's ""His Girl Friday"" (1940), which he believes to be the apotheosis of classical Hollywood storytelling. Bordwell discusses the film's history and the status of Howard Hawks as an auteur before delving into a detailed analysis of various aspects of the film's narrative, dialogue, use of props, editing, and staging.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 10, 2017

Original language

English

Cast

Rosalind Russell,David Bordwell

Producer

Fumiko Takagi,Jonathan Turell,Peter Becker,Kim Hendrickson

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt14013804