Lighting Up with Hildy: 45 Years with 'His Girl Friday'
- Video
- 2017
- 25m
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... Read allIn 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... Read allIn 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 va... Read all