Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
In this 25-minute video essay, film scholar David Bordwell, co-author of "Film Art: An Introduction", conducts an analysis of Howard Hawks's "His Girl Friday" (1940), which he believes to be the apotheosis of classical Hollywood storytelling. Bordwell discusses the film's history and the status of Howard Hawks as an auteur before delving into a detailed analysis of various aspects of the film's narrative, dialogue, use of props, editing, and staging.
Top Billed Cast
David Bordwell
Self
Rosalind Russell
Self (archive footage)
Featured Crew
Peter Becker
Executive Producer
Kim Hendrickson
Producer
Fumiko Takagi
Executive Producer
Jonathan Turell
Executive Producer
Gabriel Chávez
Editor
Grant Delin
Camera Operator