A Splurch in the Kisser: The Movies of Blake Edwards

by Sam Wasson

A detailed and hilarious look at the art and life of a legendary Hollywood filmmaker

With one of the longest and most controversial careers in Hollywood history, Blake Edwards is a phoenix of movie directors, full of hubris, ambition, and raving comic chutzpah. His rambunctious filmography remains an artistic force on par with Hollywood's greatest comic directors: Lubitsch, Sturges, Wilder. Like Wilder, Edwards's propensity for hilarity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819569151
• ISBN13: 9780819569158
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"