Greed is a legendary film begun in 1923. It was to have been Erich von Stroheim's masterwork, but his colossal ambitions were to be his undoing. His obsession with realistic detail and determination to extract every ounce of drama from his source, Frank Norris's novel McTeague, stretched the shooting schedule to inordinate lengths, resulting in a film which ran for over seven hours.
Jonathan Rosenbaum has made a meticulous study of all the sources. In a fascinating piece of detective work, he reconstructs the history of one of cinema's greatest ruins.
| ISBN: | 9780851703589 |
| Publication date: | 1st May 1993 |
| Author: | Jonathan Rosenbaum |
| Publisher: | BFI an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 64 pages |
| Series: | BFI Film Classics |
| Genres: |
Films, cinema Film history, theory or criticism Film guides and reviews Reference works |
Greed is a legendary film begun in 1923. It was to have been Erich von Stroheim's masterwork, but his colossal ambitions were to be his undoing.
Greed features in the following genres: Films, cinema, Film history, theory or criticism, Film guides and reviews, Reference works
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Greed was written by Jonathan Rosenbaum and published by BFI an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing
Greed has 64 pages
Yes it is part of BFI Film Classics series