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FULLER, Samuel.

The Naked Kiss.

New York: Belmont. 1964: 1964
FIRST EDITION. 3pp integral cata.; sl. toned. Orig. white pictorial wrappers; a little rubbed & dusted, a couple of small creases, small splits & sl. fading to spine. Inscribed '10-14-66 To Nicholas Garnham - good luck on your projects, Sam Fuller' on titlepage. OCLC lists three copies only: at SUNY, Illinois, and National Library of South Africa. Samuel Fuller, 1912-1997, was a director, screenwriter, and novelist. Known for working largely outside the studio system, his films remain extremely powerful in their ruthless yet sympathetic depiction of confused characters in brutal situations. The Naked Kiss is his own novelisation of one of his greatest movies, about a sex worker who tries to start a new life as a nurse in a small town only to find her life destroyed by male desire anyway. Nicholas Garnham, b. 1937. is a Professor of Media Studies. His book, Samuel Fuller (presumably one of the 'projects' mentioned in the inscription), is among the first to take the director's work seriously, comparing him to Brecht and exploring his influence on Goddard.
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