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Budd Boetticher (1916-2001) was a bullfighter, a pleasant madman and a talented journeyman filmmaker who could--with the right material and drive--create a minor Western film classic as easily as he could kill a bull. Yet pain and passion naturally mixed in both endeavors. Drawing on studio archives and featuring insightful interviews with Boetticher and those who worked with him, this retrospective looks at each of his 33 films in detail, covering his cinematic career from his days as an assistant''s assistant on the set of Hal Roach comedies to his last documentary some 45 years later.

The Films of Budd Boetticher

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: 1/2/2018 12:10:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781476667072, 978-1476667072
      ISBN10: 1476667071

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      Book Synopsis

      Budd Boetticher (1916-2001) was a bullfighter, a pleasant madman and a talented journeyman filmmaker who could--with the right material and drive--create a minor Western film classic as easily as he could kill a bull. Yet pain and passion naturally mixed in both endeavors. Drawing on studio archives and featuring insightful interviews with Boetticher and those who worked with him, this retrospective looks at each of his 33 films in detail, covering his cinematic career from his days as an assistant''s assistant on the set of Hal Roach comedies to his last documentary some 45 years later.

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