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    American director, producer and screenwriter

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  4. Apr 9, 2011 · Sidney Lumet was one of the finest craftsmen and warmest humanitarians among all film directors. He was not only a great artist but a much-loved man. When the news of his death at 86 arrived on Saturday, it came as a shock, because he had continued so long to be so productive.

    • Career Beginnings
    • From Small screen to Big screen
    • Guilt
    • Social Malaise and The Seventies
    • Eighties and Onwards
    • Conclusion

    Notable for his electrifying dramas of the 1970s and gritty depictions of New York in that era, director Sidney Lumet’s career spans six decades. Nancy Buirski’s 2015 documentary, By Sidney Lumet,attests to the fact that Lumet’s familial and artistic patrimony emerged from New York’s Yiddish Theatre. The son of Polish Jewish emigrants, Lumet’s moth...

    Lumet’s work evolved from Off-Broadway productions to anthology television dramas, directing hundreds of episodes of Danger (1951 – 1953), Kraft Television Theatre (1958) and Playhouse 90 (1960). With increased recognition of the quality of his work, Lumet made his feature-length debut with 12 Angry Men (1957). The American Film Institute (AFI) has...

    Film historians David Desser and Lester D. Friedman argue that the question of guilt permeates Lumet’s films.3 While this plays out literally in his courtroom dramas, Failsafe (1964) presents a nightmarish military scenario that explores the delicate nature of peace in the context of the Cold War.. Released two years after the Cuban Missile Crisis,...

    Lumet entered the new decade on unfamiliar terrain, with the only documentary in his filmography. King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis (Sidney Lumet, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1970) profiled the legendary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. two years after his assassination. Composed almost exclusively from archival material, the three hour epic docume...

    Lumet returned to old tropes and explored new ones throughout the ‘80s. Prince of the City (1981) rehashed the crime drama of corrupt cops in a neo-noir aesthetic. The Verdict (1982) was another critically acclaimed courtroom drama, this time coming in at number four on the AFI’s Top 10 Courtroom Dramas.13 The story revolves around a down-on-his-lu...

    Given the breadth of Lumet’s oeuvre, it’s debatable whether or not he has a distinctive, recognisable style. The canon encompasses such a large canvas, it is impossible to say whether or not his films are instantly recognizable. There are, however, trademark characteristics: gritty New York urban realism, dynamic and snappy dialogue coupled with fr...

  5. Jun 26, 2019 · The 71st Best Director of All-Time: Sidney Lumet Lumet. It’s an incredible filmography (17 archiveable films, 5 in their respective decade’s top 100, spanning 50 years) and there’s enough consistency in his work to consider him an auteur for sure.

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