Howard Hawks. La comedia de la vida

Synopsis of Howard Hawks. La comedia de la vida

This book, the first written about Howard Hawks in Spain, explores the director's life and work through his filmography. For Hawks, life was a great comedy, reflected in his films and his love of sports. The book reviews the director's defining biographical traits and studies each of his films in detail, also documenting his relationship with writers of his generation (Hemingway, Faulkner), contemplates his influence on contemporary directors (Carpenter, Bogdanovich), analyzes the films he supervised or could not personally complete, and includes a list of unrealized projects, documentaries about his work, and an extensive filmography with all his activities in addition to directing.