For serious as well as casual film buffs, this exciting collection of essays on today's most important filmmakers is essential reading. Readers can delight in Susan Gray's inspired photos of the normally behind-the-camera directors, and in insightful essays by well-known writers. 35 photos, 25 in color.
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Thirty-nine writers, ranging from Tobias Wolff to Edwidge Danticat, here provide sketches of 40 film directors. Those covered include Robert Altman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Martha Coolidge, Sidney Lumet, John Schlesinger, Penelope Spheeris, and Kenneth Branagh. Some of the writers provide career overviews, while others analyze a director's unique attributes. Ariel Dorfman describes Roman Polanski's intuitive perfectionism. Jack Womack explains Terry Gilliam's gift for creating believable worlds. Walter Mosley's homage to Ron Howard would have suited the late Frank Capra. UnusualAand very welcomeAfor a book of this nature is a name and film-title index. Also included are filmographies for the directors and writing credits for their examiners. While not a comprehensive reference book, this is nevertheless most appropriate for cinema scholars and knowledgeable film fans.AKim R. Holston, American Inst. for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, Malvern, PA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This review is from: Writers on Directors: An Artists' Choice Book (Hardcover)
"'Writers on Directors' offers a rare glimpse into the mind of a filmmaker. Whether the entries are entertaining retellings of personal encounters with directors or simply insightful analyses of their work, you'll find yourself tossing the information around in your head days after putting the book down."
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Bill McCuddy of Fox News said:
"This is the dinner party Orson Welles, Andy Warhol, and Hal Ashby would have thrown. I'm glad Susan Gray was there to photograph it." I have to agree: this is a stunning book!
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compelling and unusal insights--a must for any film buff,
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You really have to see this book to appreciate it. The photos and essays make unusual but apt matches. My only regret is the smallish size of the book--because of the quality of the photographs it really should have been an oversized coffee-table volume
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