George Stevens
3 titles · american classical
Careful, unhurried American drama that darkened after the war. Stevens built scenes patiently and, post-1945, applied that patience to class, prejudice and consequence.
Signature
- Deliberate pacing; scenes allowed their full length.
- Marked tonal shift between the pre- and postwar work.
- Social hierarchy examined through romance.
- Landscape used morally in the Westerns.
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