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 an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 79 pages |
Series: | BFI Film Classics |
Genres: |
Films, cinema |