From Library Journal
British director Boorman's insightful diary of his three-year effort to make The Emerald Forest is really a two-fold horror story: one concerns the harrow ing attempt to find a studio to back the projectan endeavor that takes rough ly twice the time of the film's produc tionand the other is the often disas trous tale of location filming in the tortuous wilds of the raw Brazilian rain forest. The book also sheds light on why the veteran Boorman's eccentric, ambitious films often fail: they simply do not forcefully convey to the audi ence the director's complex, interior mythic vision (released in July, The Emerald Forest has largely flopped at the box office), which is the powerful and elusive challenge that has enticed artists to work in film from its very be ginnings. David Bartholomew, NYPL
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.
