A CUT ABOVE: 50 Film Directors Talk About Their Craft (Paperback)

~ (Author), Leonard Maltin (Foreword) "In some respects, Michael Apted is one of the world's most unconventional directors..." (more)
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Michael Singer takes the reader on an inside look at the craft, the art, the passion and vision of 50 great film directors.

Product Details

• Paperback: 337 pages
• Publisher: Lone Eagle (September 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580650007
• ISBN-13: 978-1580650007
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,715,488 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Misses greatness, but still worthwhile, January 21, 1999

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This book's strengths are its breadth, which is to say the sheer number of people interviewed, combined with Singer's ability to get his subjects talking. Its weaknesses are minor, but they add up. First, most of the interviews are too short to really get into the director's career, views, work philosophies, and so on, the way Bogdanovich does in "Who the Devil Made It." Second, a few of the interviews really seem like filler, wherein Singer spends way too much time with lightweights or second-rate film artists whose interviews here do nothing to dispel that label. And third, the book is rife with editing and transcription errors, typos, and other annoyances that are truly, truly distracting. But for the most part, the good outweighs the bad, and it's a worthwhile read.