Friday, 9 October 2015

Close-Ups of Faces


          ........ hypersaturation of detail in the Harlem novels - ricocheting close-ups of faces, streets, store names, secret alleys and sideshow violence.

Robert Polito
on Chester Himes Harlem Novels
New York Times

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John Gutman
New Orleans
1937

1 comment:

  1. Cannot bear violence flooding from the screen! How do you like this movie regarding this factor?

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