Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Subtitled 'Erich von Stroheim and Hollywood,' this study—by the author of an award-winning documentary on the same subject—is the first based on thorough archival research and in-depth interviews with von Stroheim's family and colleagues. As such, it sheds important new light on his rags-to-riches-to-rags career, the development and nature of his art as actor, screenwriter, and director. Of particular interest to film buffs are the analyses of Stroheim's unproduced projects, variant treatments of his completed works, and original conceptions later truncated by the studios, whose inner workings are described in chilling detail." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)