Man and boy: Montgomery Clift as a queer star in Wild River

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Abstract

Montgomery Clift has been underexplored by film scholars, who have mostly focused on his early career. This article uses queer theory to examine Clift's later work, focusing on Wild River (dir. Elia Kazan, 1960); it argues that in this film Clift's narrative role, performance, and star persona radically challenge normative masculinity and heterosexuality.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)132-140
JournalJournal of Popular Film and Television
Volume39
Issue number3
Early online date23 Sept 2011
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Sept 2011

Keywords

  • Montgomery Clift
  • Queer
  • Sexuality
  • Star

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