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Days of Heaven

Name: Days of Heaven
Brand: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS
SKU: 9780826370815
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESSISBN: 9780826370815

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By Gary R. Edgerton
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS
Release Date: July 5, 2027
Format: PAPERBACK
Dimensions: 178 x 127 mm
Weight: 100 g
Pages: 168

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A comprehensive account of the making and legacy of Terrence Malick's elegiac 1978 Western, Days of Heaven, starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, and Sam Shepard. Director Terrence Malick's 1978 Western, Days of Heaven, stands out for its dreamlike cinematography and sparse, haunting plot. Malick's writing and direction animate the usual Western tropes with a uniquely personal style and sensibility. Set in 1916, the threadbare plot resembles a biblical parable more than a traditional Western, as the main characters grapple with their fortunes and face tremendous social change at this pivotal juncture in American history. In this gripping new addition to the Reel West series, Gary Edgerton offers a comprehensive portrait of Malick's early career, the making of Days of Heaven, its reception by audiences and critics, and its contributions to Western film. Edgerton's holistic treatment of Days of Heaven firmly positions it as one of the most skillfully produced, artistically innovative, and culturally resonant Westerns in the long history of the genre.

Gary R. Edgerton is a distinguished media historian, critic, and academic. In his over forty-five years as a university professor, he was recognized for his excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service and has authored or edited twelve previous books and published more than one hundred book chapters, journal articles, and encyclopedia entries. He served as co-executive editor of the Journal of Popular Film and Television from 1998 to 2024.

"A welcome and arresting addition to the body of literature on the Western. Gary Edgerton adroitly illuminates the film's enduring spirit and essence in the Western genre, blazing his own trails with a voice and view that are fresh and fulfilling." -- George Plasketes, professor of media studies at Auburn University "Edgerton's manuscript grounds Days of Heaven in time and place while offering erudite understanding for one of America's most eccentric filmmakers who has broken into the mainstream time and again." -- Chris Yogerst, author of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Warner Brothers, and Hollywood Hates Hitler

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