This is an examination of "The Night of the Hunter", Charles Laughton's only outing as a film director. It looks at the symbolism of the piece, at Willa, her throat cut sitting in the Model-T Ford, and the Preacher, a silhouetted threat on the horizon.
ISBN: | 9780851708225 |
Publication date: | 1st December 2000 |
Author: | Simon Callow |
Publisher: | BFI Publishing an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 80 pages |
Series: | BFI Film Classics |
Genres: |
Films, cinema |