The Films of Budd Boetticher

Download or read book The Films of Budd Boetticher written by Robert Nott and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-09-13 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.