This work emerged from a series of conversations over the course of 14 years, between the master director Federico Fellini and the author, Charlotte Chandler. Like his films, Fellini's memoir is full of his love of life and the movies; the joy of directing and the dreams, memories, fantasies and nightmares behind his art. There is commentary on such actors as Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren and directors such as Roberto Rossellini and Ingmar Bergman. The work explains why the term "Fellini...
Film as Film: The Collected Writings of Gregory J. Markopoulos
by Gregory J. Markopoulos
Since his successful spell running the National Theatre, Richard Eyre's career as a director of film, theatre and opera has made him a leading cultural figure and a hugely respected commentator on the arts. This book collects over fifty short pieces written by Eyre about people he has known and worked with, ideas he has struggled with, things that have moved, delighted or infuriated him. He writes with candour, perceptiveness and charm, and always with an eye for the telling anecdote or the rev...
Director In Progress Please Wait
by Pb Directors Journals Publishing
Oliver Stone's U.S.A.
Oliver Stone has left an indelible mark on public opinion and political life and has generated enormous controversy and debate among those who take issue with his dramatic use of history. This text brings Stone face-to-face with some of his critics and supporters and allows Stone himself ample room to respond to their views. Featuring such luminaries as David Halberstam, Stephen Ambrose, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr, Walter LaFeber and Robert Rosenstone, this book provides a critique of Stone's most c...
The Abbey Theatre played a leading role in the politicisation of the revolutionary generation that won Irish freedom, but comparatively little is known about the men and women who formed the lifeblood of the institution: those whose radical politics drove them to fight in the 1916 Rising. Drawing on a huge range of previously unpublished material, The Abbey Rebels of Easter 1916 explores the experiences, hopes and dreams of these remarkable but largely forgotten individuals: Maire Nic Shiubhla...
Legendary Assistant Directors are born in July
by Lovely Hearts Publishing
Elena: Istoriya Sozdaniya Filma Andreya Zvyagintseva
by Andrey Zvyagitsev, Oleg Negin, and Mikhail Krichman
Samuel Goldwyn was the premier dream-maker of his era, and in this lavishly-praised biography, the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author of Lindbergh and Max Perkins: Editor of Genius offers a life story as rich with drama as anything found on the silver screen...
After an unparalleled string of artistic and commercial triumphs in the 1950s and 1960s, Alfred Hitchcock hit a career lull with the disappointing Torn Curtain and the disastrous Topaz. In 1971, the depressed director traveled to London, the city he had left in 1939 to make his reputation in Hollywood. The film he came to shoot there would mark a return to the style for which he had become known and would restore him to international acclaim. Like The 39 Steps, Saboteur, and North by Northwest...
Scorsese Up Close (American Crisis Series: Books on the Civial War Era) (The Scarecrow Filmmakers)
by Ben Nyce
Unlike other books on Martin Scorsese that favor the discussion of broad themes and plot summaries, Scorsese Up Close: A Study of the Films also looks at the cinematic text of the great director's films. With a scrutiny comparable to the detail Scorsese brings to the shooting and editing process, author Ben Nyce examines particular shots or sequences of shots in many of the director's works. By focusing on these key components, Nyce explains how the visual and aural elements of such scenes drama...
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