Individual film directors Books
Faber & Faber Almodvar on Almodvar
Book SynopsisPedro Almodóvar''s influence on European popular culture has been immense. From a small village in rural Spain to international acclaim for his many wonderfully vivid and outrageous films, Almodóvar On Almodóvar tells the story of the man and his films.Almodóvar came from an austere background in rural Spain. It was the 1950s, the age of the Cold War, of mambo, of Balenciaga, of the Korean War, of the Hungarian Revolution, of the death of Stalin. But none of these events bore any impact on his village. In response, Almodóvar''s films - such as Bad Education, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Tie Me Up!, All About My Mother and Talk to Her to name a few - are colourful and deeply felt celebrations of life and love. In these frank and passionate conversations, Almodóvar discusses his astonishing life and career with a humour that is distinctly his own. Pedro Almodóvar is widely acclaimed as one of the most successful Spanish film-m
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Faber & Faber The World is Ever Changing
Book SynopsisNicolas Roeg is one of the most distinctive and influential film-makers of his generation. The generation of film-makers who define contemporary movie-making - Danny Boyle, Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland), Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight), James Marsh (Man on Wire), and Guillermo Del Toro (Pan''s Labyrinth), all acknowledge their debt to the work of Nicolas Roeg.Roeg began as a cameraman, working for such masters as Francois Truffaut and David Lean. His explosive debut as a director with Performance, established an approach to film-making that was unconventional and ever-changing, creating works such as Don''t Look Now, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Bad Timing, Insignificance, and, more recently, Puffball.Having now reached eighty years of age, Roeg has decided to pass on to the next generations, the wealth of wisdom and experience he has garnered over fifty years of film-making.
£17.09
Faber & Faber Danny Boyle
Book SynopsisA revelatory career-length biography, produced through interviews with Danny Boyle, in which he talks frankly about the secrets behind the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games as well as the struggles, joys and incredible perseverance needed to direct such films as Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later and Shallow Grave.
£11.69
Faber & Faber Say What Happened A Story of Documentaries
Book SynopsisDocumentary films are the rock and roll of our times. Why are they made? Who are in the tribe of documentary film-makers? Do their films really change the world? Eighteen years ago, Nick Fraser created BBC Storyville, producing films that won Oscars, BAFTAs, and Peabody Awards. He found film-makers from all across the world covering important subjects in documentaries. In Say What Happened he describes the frenzied, intense world of documentary film-making, tracing its history back to the early pioneers, such as Dziga Vertov and his ground-breaking Man with a Movie Camera. The book deals with the British documentary tradition founded by John Grierson, and discusses the work of American masters such as the Maysles brothers, Frederick Wiseman and D.A. Pennebaker, as well as Europeans such as Marcel Ophuls, Claude Lanzmann, Chris Marker, and Werner Herzog. He interviews acclaimed documentary film-makers and discusses the work of Ken Burns, Errol Morris, and Joshua
£18.00
Faber & Faber Terrence Malick
Book SynopsisTerrence Malick''s debut film, Badlands, announced the arrival of a unique talent. In the 40 years since that debut, Malick has only made 5 films, but they are distinctive in their beauty.This book is not meant to be a biography of Terrence Malick. The purpose behind the book is to introduce readers to the extraordinary universe of his film-making and to aid them in understanding his work. And to do this through the words of his closest collaborators - cinematographers, set designers, costumers, cameramen, directors, producers, and actors such as Sean Penn, Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek and Jessica Chastain. As their words flow from one to another, they form a fascinating, kaleidoscopic vision of American film and specifically Malick''s artistic world. who make up a film.This book is the fruit of a journey began years ago when Luciano Baracaroli, Carlo Hintermann, Gerardo Panichi and Daniele Villa made a documentary on the work of Terrence Malick, which led to the maki
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Faber & Faber Werner Herzog A Guide for the Perplexed
Book Synopsis''One of the best things published about cinema.'' Sight & SoundHerzog was once hailed by Francois Truffaut as the most important director alive. Famous for his frequent collaborations with mercurial actor Klaus Kinski including the epics Aguirre, the Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo, and the terrifying Nosferatu and more recently with documentaries such as Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Into the Abyss, Herzog has built a body of work that is one of the most vital in post-war German cinema. Here, he reflects on his legendary and inspiring career.
£17.09
Faber & Faber The Faber Book of Mexican Cinema Updated Edition
Book SynopsisTwelve years ago, Amores Perros erupted in the cinemas across the world and announced the arrival of Mexican film-makers. The film-makers profiled in that book have now come of age and have made a decisive impact on the international cinema scene The last few years Mexican film-makers winning the Best Director Oscars 5 times, and Best Picture 4 times: Alfonso Cuaron with Gravity and Roma.Alejandro Inarritu with Birdman and The RevenantGuillermo del Toro with The Shape of WaterThis revised edition of The Faber Book of Mexican Cinema brings this astounding story up to date, as well as profiling the next generation, waiting in the wings.
£15.29
Faber & Faber Conclusions
Book Synopsis'What a life! What a career!' Harold Pinter'Boorman is one of the world's great directors, a master storyteller.' Paul AusterJohn Boorman is one of cinema's authentic visionaries whose travels have taken him from London in the Blitz to the pinnacle of Hollywood success: the man behind filmes such as Point Blank, Deliverance, Excalibur, Hope and Glory, and The General. Conclusions continues the story of his life that Boorman began with Adventures of a Suburban Boy and shares what has happened since its publication: films made (such as the award-winning The General) and unmade; new knowledge about the craft of film-making; and, ultimately, the story of of his kith and kin, including the death of his cherished elder daughter.Wielding a metaphorical Excalibur, Boorman's career has been a continual search for the truth that only art can convey, and this memoir shows him at his finest.
£15.00
Faber & Faber Conclusions
Book SynopsisChosen as one of Sight & Sound''s ''Best Film Books of the Year''John Boorman is one of the cinema's authentic visionaries, drawn to myths and dreams. The undisputed heir to David Lean, his films, such as Point Blank, Deliverance and Excalibur, exhibit a continual search for the truth that only art can convey. In Conclusions Boorman summarises what he has learned about the craft of film-making, and wishes to pass on to the next generation of film-makers. Into this tapestry of cinematic memories, he also weaves the story of his kith and kin, including the death of his cherished elder daughter, and an evocation of the forest of trees that he has planted as his final legacy.
£10.44
Faber & Faber Mike Leigh on Mike Leigh
Book SynopsisThis new revised edition brings Mike Leigh's career up-to-date, including his film about J.M.W. Turner, Mr. Turner, and his epic masterpiece, Peterloo.Five-time Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner, the only British director to have won the top prize at both Cannes (for Secrets & Lies) and Venice (for Vera Drake) - Mike Leigh is unquestionably one of world cinema's pre-eminent figures. Now, in this definitive career-length interview, he reflects on all that has gone into the making of his unique body of work.In their commingling of bleakness and humour, Leigh's films recreate the tragi-comic world of people whose everyday lives are far from glamorous: a world in which 'the done thing' usually prevails, contrary to our inner hopes, wants or needs. Leigh's work has always reflected its times and entered the vernacular, whether the harsh studies of Meantime and Naked or the humour of the now-legendary Abigail's Party and Nuts i
£21.25
Faber & Faber Everything is Cinema The Working Life of JeanLuc
Book SynopsisRichard Brody's Everything is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard is a landmark biography of one of the great controversial geniuses of world cinema.
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Faber & Faber Screen Deep
Book SynopsisScreen Deep is a book about the immense potential of screen storytelling to defeat an evil both historic and urgently topical: racism. Everyone watches TV and movies. Everyone has an interest in building a more just and equitable world. Screen Deep goes beyond the many film books and anti-racist manuals by demonstrating the connection between these two aspects of modern life. In Screen Deep Ellen E. Jones combines her personal experience as a mixed-race woman who cares about racism with her professional expertise as a film and TV journalist of twenty years standing, to ask and answer several questions: Is there such a thing as an Indigenous western? Is race comedy cancelled'? Where are all the films for white people? And most importantly: Can you still fight the good fight with a mouthful of popcorn?
£21.25
Faber & Faber The World and its Double
Book SynopsisOtto Preminger was one of Hollywood''s first truly independent producer/directors. Blazing a trail in the examination of controversial issues such as drug addiction (The Man with the Golden Arm) and homosexuality (Advise and Consent), Preminger broke the censorship of the Hollywood Production Code and the blacklist, while creating some of Hollywood''s most enduring film noir classics. Chris Fujiwara''s critical biography - the first in more than thirty years - follows Preminger throughout his varied career, penetrating his carefully constructed public persona and revealing the many layers of his work.
£18.00
Faber & Faber Asteroid City
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Penguin Putnam Inc Every Man for Himself and God Against All
Book SynopsisLegendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of his epic artistic career in a long-awaited memoir that is as inventive and daring as anything he has done beforeWerner Herzog was born in September 1942 in Munich, Germany, at a turning point in the Second World War. Soon Germany would be defeated and a new world would have to be made out the rubble and horrors of the war. Fleeing the Allied bombing raids, Herzog’s mother took him and his older brother to a remote, rustic part of Bavaria where he would spend much of his childhood hungry, without running water, in deep poverty. It was there, as the new postwar order was emerging, that one of the most visionary filmmakers of the next seven decades was formed. Until age 11, Herzog did not even know of the existence of cinema. His interest in films began at age 15, but since no one was willing to fi
£24.00
Penguin Random House LLC Every Man for Himself and God Against All
Book SynopsisLegendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of his epic artistic career in a long-awaited memoir that is as inventive and daring as anything he has done beforeWernerHerzogwas born in September 1942 in Munich, Germany, at a turning point in theSecondWorldWar. Soon Germany would be defeated and a new world would have to be made out the rubble and horrors of the war. Fleeing the Allied bombing raids,Herzog?s mother took him and his older brothertoa remote, rustic part of Bavaria where he would spend much of his childhoodhungry, without running water, in deep poverty. It was there,as the new postwar order was emerging, that one of the most visionary filmmakers of the next seven decades was formed. Until age 11,Herzogdid not even know of the existence of cinema. His interest in films began at age 15, but since no one was willing to finance them, he worked the night shift as a welder in a steel factory. He started to travel on foot. He made his first phone call at age 17, and his first film in 1961 at age 19. The wildlyproductive working life that followed?spanning the seven continents and encompassing both documentary and fiction?was an adventure as grand andotherworldly as any depicted in his many classic films. Every Man for Himself and God Against All is at once a personal record of one of the great and self-invented lives of our time, and a singular literary masterpiece that will enthrall fans old and new alike. In a hypnotic swirl of memory,Herzoguntangles and relives his most important experiences and inspirations, telling his story for the first and only time.
£16.00
Princeton University Press The Warriors Camera
Book SynopsisThe Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, who died at the age of 88, has been internationally acclaimed as a giant of world cinema. This book discusses how Kurosawa furnished a template for some well-known Hollywood directors, including Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas. It provides a comprehensive look at this master filmmaker.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1991 "The Warrior's Camera is not only a thoughtful, stimulating and rigorous study but also a major addition to both Kurosawa and Japanese film scholarship. Its examination of the intersection of self, culture, and history is meticulously done; its extended close analysis of individual films, especially Ikiru, Yojimbo, High and Low, and Red Beard, is superbly confident."--Film Quarterly "The subtle nuances that enrich Akira Kurosawa's intense cinemagraphic imagery distinguish Stephen Prince's insightful study, The Warrior's Camera."--American Cinematographer "[Prince's] close analysis of the films generates many superb insights. This work is accessible, nicely illustrated and an essential text about a great subject."--ChoiceTable of ContentsIllustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv 1 Viewing Kurosawa 3 2 The Dialectics of Style 32 3 Willpower Can Cure All Human Ailments 67 4 Experiments and Adaptations 114 5 Form and the Modern World 155 6 History and the Period Film 200 7 Years of Transition 250 8 The Final Period 292 9 The Legacy 340 Notes 359 Films Directed by Akira Kurosawa 397 Bibliography 399 Index 411
£38.25
Princeton University Press Billy Wilder on Assignment
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2021""Longlisted for the Kraszna-Krausz Book Award, Moving Image Category""Longlisted for the National Translation Award, American Literary Translators Association""A revelation, a trove of snappy pieces that give the reader tantalizing glimpses of the mature film satirist."---Marc Weingarten, Washington Post"The brightest moments here let you watch a little more of the human comedy through Billy Wilder’s eyes. Few saw it as clearly he did or had more fun writing it down."---Jeremy McCarter, Wall Street Journal"Readers who come to Billy Wilder on Assignment to find the seeds of the films for which he is famous—nearly all of them, one assumes—will not be disappointed."---Ryan Ruby, Bookforum"A delicious compilation."---Tobias Grey, Financial Times "The most successful story in this collection, ‘Waiter, a Dancer, Please!,’ about being a hoofer for hire at a big hotel, is waspish and (if you allow for the choppy sentences) jazz-era excitable, New Yorker–ish, with a self-deprecating turn and a fairly urbane sense of the perfectly ridiculous."---Andrew O'Hagan, New York Review of Books"Long before he became the celebrated filmmaker of 'Sunset Boulevard,' 'Some Like It Hot' and 'The Apartment,' a young Billy Wilder worked briefly as a dancer for hire in the ballroom of a fashionable Berlin hotel. As he described the endeavor . . . for a German newspaper in 1927, 'This is no easy way to earn your daily bread, nor is it the kind that sentimental, softhearted types can stomach. But others can live from it.' Wilder’s observations on his experience—from one of his many delightfully acerbic pieces of journalism anthologized in Billy Wilder on Assignment . . . get to the heart of our enduring obsessions with show business and the performing arts."---Dave Itzkoff, New York Times"Sharp and witty. . . . Full of glorious turns of phrase, entertaining narratives, and quirky characters. . . . . Thumbing through Wilder’s essays from the 1920s will make you feel as if you are enjoying yourself at a German coffeehouse, catching up on popular culture, and planning your next weekend adventure in the Weimar Republic. Isenberg and Frisch have done a great service for film historians and fans of classic Hollywood."---Chris Yogerst, Los Angeles Review of Books"An irresistible collection of articles, profiles, and reviews from Wilder’s salad-und-bratwurst days in Berlin, where he worked as a roving journalist, critic, and scene-maker between 1926 and 1930. . . . Isenberg is an expert guide to the Berlin-to-Hollywood axis, and Frisch is a veteran translator."---Thomas Doherty, Tablet Magazine"Billy Wilder on Assignment is, as my colleague, TIME Magazine film critic Stephanie Zacharek kvelled to me in an email, ‘the little book you didn’t know you needed.'"---Jordan Hoffman, Times of Israel"A must-read for film buffs and history aficionados alike."---Tobias Carroll, Inside Hook"This new volume takes in the most significant staging posts of Wilder’s early career."---Gavin Plumley, Literary Review"[Wilder] quickly moved on to Berlin and became a prolific writer of occasional pieces for papers such as Der Querschnitt and the Berliner Börsen Courier. Selections of these articles have been published before but are long out of print, and were never translated into English. Now, thankfully, Professor Isenberg of the University of Texas has put this frustrating situation to rights with a lively anthology, translated by Shelley Frisch into a brisk, punchy English which feels as though it must be an accurate reflection of the young Wilder’s original tone."---Jonathan Coe, Spectator"The opportunity to read Wilder’s journalism in English is welcome. . . . What’s particularly impressive, even slightly eerie, is how many times this young film buff and Americanophile wrote about people he would later work with in Hollywood." * Bookforum *"A delightful and illuminating collection."---Sam Wasson, Air Mail"There is no question that Billy Wilder on Assignment is the most historically important recent book exploring the early days of a major filmmaker. It compiles, for the first time, Wilder’s writings as a young freelance reporter in 1920s Berlin and Vienna. The result is an incredible glimpse of Wilder’s mind at a key age."---Christopher Schobert, The Film Stage"Billy Wilder On Assignment . . . explores the roots of one of Hollywood’s most accomplished and acclaimed directors in the fervid journalistic atmosphere of Central Europe between world wars. . . . Shelley Frisch—one of the nimblest and liveliest translators working today—renders Wilder’s journalism into an English that leaps off the page with deadline urgency. . . . Isenberg's collection offers those interested in the Golden Age of Hollywood valuable new insight into one of its most significant personalities. It is also a vivid account of the vanished world that helped shape Billy Wilder." * Wilson Quarterly *"Let it be said that Billy Wilder on Assignment – Dispatches from Weimar Berlin and Interwar Vienna, is an altogether wonderful read. In fact it reads as if a fine, literary, malt-whiskey."---David Marx, David Marx: Book Reviews"The new anthology Billy Wilder on Assignment proves Wilder's verbal and narrative gifts existed long before he set foot in Hollywood during the 1930s."---Dan Lybarger, Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette"Readers will have fun picking out elements, traits and incidents in these lively witty texts and attempting to match them with Wilder’s later cinematic masterpieces."---Alexander Adams, Alexander Adams Art"Billy Wilder on Assignment . . . provides a long-overdue translation of Billy Wilder’s early writings in German. . . . The anthology will be of interest to both the academic and general public."---Nora Gortcheva, EuropeNow"Very nice."---Tom Stoppard, Times Literary Supplement"In this first English-language compilation of Wilder’s early journalism . . . we can see the mischievous humour and love of snappy dialogue characteristic of his later movies."---Monica Porter, The Jewish Chronicle"Billy Wilder on Assignment: Dispatches from Weimar Berlin and Interwar Vienna is a revealing collection of his lively reportage from those two cities. . . . [The book] create[s] a portrait of a man who is so much more complex than a mere cynic."---Kevin Lally, Cineaste Magazine"“Billy Wilder on Assignment is a beautifully assembled collection of the early writings of a master storyteller whose body of work has entertained moviemakers and movie watchers for generations."---Leonora Cravotta, American Spectator
£18.00
Princeton University Press Billy Wilder on Assignment
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2021""Longlisted for the Kraszna-Krausz Book Award, Moving Image Category""Longlisted for the National Translation Award, American Literary Translators Association""A revelation, a trove of snappy pieces that give the reader tantalizing glimpses of the mature film satirist."---Marc Weingarten, Washington Post"The brightest moments here let you watch a little more of the human comedy through Billy Wilder’s eyes. Few saw it as clearly he did or had more fun writing it down."---Jeremy McCarter, Wall Street Journal"Readers who come to Billy Wilder on Assignment to find the seeds of the films for which he is famous—nearly all of them, one assumes—will not be disappointed."---Ryan Ruby, Bookforum"A delicious compilation."---Tobias Grey, Financial Times "The most successful story in this collection, ‘Waiter, a Dancer, Please!,’ about being a hoofer for hire at a big hotel, is waspish and (if you allow for the choppy sentences) jazz-era excitable, New Yorker–ish, with a self-deprecating turn and a fairly urbane sense of the perfectly ridiculous."---Andrew O'Hagan, New York Review of Books"Long before he became the celebrated filmmaker of 'Sunset Boulevard,' 'Some Like It Hot' and 'The Apartment,' a young Billy Wilder worked briefly as a dancer for hire in the ballroom of a fashionable Berlin hotel. As he described the endeavor . . . for a German newspaper in 1927, 'This is no easy way to earn your daily bread, nor is it the kind that sentimental, softhearted types can stomach. But others can live from it.' Wilder’s observations on his experience—from one of his many delightfully acerbic pieces of journalism anthologized in Billy Wilder on Assignment . . . get to the heart of our enduring obsessions with show business and the performing arts."---Dave Itzkoff, New York Times"Sharp and witty. . . . Full of glorious turns of phrase, entertaining narratives, and quirky characters. . . . . Thumbing through Wilder’s essays from the 1920s will make you feel as if you are enjoying yourself at a German coffeehouse, catching up on popular culture, and planning your next weekend adventure in the Weimar Republic. Isenberg and Frisch have done a great service for film historians and fans of classic Hollywood."---Chris Yogerst, Los Angeles Review of Books"An irresistible collection of articles, profiles, and reviews from Wilder’s salad-und-bratwurst days in Berlin, where he worked as a roving journalist, critic, and scene-maker between 1926 and 1930. . . . Isenberg is an expert guide to the Berlin-to-Hollywood axis, and Frisch is a veteran translator."---Thomas Doherty, Tablet Magazine"Billy Wilder on Assignment is, as my colleague, TIME Magazine film critic Stephanie Zacharek kvelled to me in an email, ‘the little book you didn’t know you needed.'"---Jordan Hoffman, Times of Israel"A must-read for film buffs and history aficionados alike."---Tobias Carroll, Inside Hook"This new volume takes in the most significant staging posts of Wilder’s early career."---Gavin Plumley, Literary Review"[Wilder] quickly moved on to Berlin and became a prolific writer of occasional pieces for papers such as Der Querschnitt and the Berliner Börsen Courier. Selections of these articles have been published before but are long out of print, and were never translated into English. Now, thankfully, Professor Isenberg of the University of Texas has put this frustrating situation to rights with a lively anthology, translated by Shelley Frisch into a brisk, punchy English which feels as though it must be an accurate reflection of the young Wilder’s original tone."---Jonathan Coe, Spectator"The opportunity to read Wilder’s journalism in English is welcome. . . . What’s particularly impressive, even slightly eerie, is how many times this young film buff and Americanophile wrote about people he would later work with in Hollywood." * Bookforum *"A delightful and illuminating collection."---Sam Wasson, Air Mail"There is no question that Billy Wilder on Assignment is the most historically important recent book exploring the early days of a major filmmaker. It compiles, for the first time, Wilder’s writings as a young freelance reporter in 1920s Berlin and Vienna. The result is an incredible glimpse of Wilder’s mind at a key age."---Christopher Schobert, The Film Stage"Billy Wilder On Assignment . . . explores the roots of one of Hollywood’s most accomplished and acclaimed directors in the fervid journalistic atmosphere of Central Europe between world wars. . . . Shelley Frisch—one of the nimblest and liveliest translators working today—renders Wilder’s journalism into an English that leaps off the page with deadline urgency. . . . Isenberg's collection offers those interested in the Golden Age of Hollywood valuable new insight into one of its most significant personalities. It is also a vivid account of the vanished world that helped shape Billy Wilder." * Wilson Quarterly *"Let it be said that Billy Wilder on Assignment – Dispatches from Weimar Berlin and Interwar Vienna, is an altogether wonderful read. In fact it reads as if a fine, literary, malt-whiskey."---David Marx, David Marx: Book Reviews"The new anthology Billy Wilder on Assignment proves Wilder's verbal and narrative gifts existed long before he set foot in Hollywood during the 1930s."---Dan Lybarger, Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette"Readers will have fun picking out elements, traits and incidents in these lively witty texts and attempting to match them with Wilder’s later cinematic masterpieces."---Alexander Adams, Alexander Adams Art"Billy Wilder on Assignment . . . provides a long-overdue translation of Billy Wilder’s early writings in German. . . . The anthology will be of interest to both the academic and general public."---Nora Gortcheva, EuropeNow"Very nice."---Tom Stoppard, Times Literary Supplement"In this first English-language compilation of Wilder’s early journalism . . . we can see the mischievous humour and love of snappy dialogue characteristic of his later movies."---Monica Porter, The Jewish Chronicle"Billy Wilder on Assignment: Dispatches from Weimar Berlin and Interwar Vienna is a revealing collection of his lively reportage from those two cities. . . . [The book] create[s] a portrait of a man who is so much more complex than a mere cynic."---Kevin Lally, Cineaste Magazine"“Billy Wilder on Assignment is a beautifully assembled collection of the early writings of a master storyteller whose body of work has entertained moviemakers and movie watchers for generations."---Leonora Cravotta, American Spectator
£14.39
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Producer of Controversy Stanley Kramer Hollywood
Book SynopsisWith films ranging from High Noon to Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Stanley Kramer (1913-2001) was one of the most successful and prolific director-producers of his day. Producer of Controversy is the first book to take a close-up look at Kramer's career, films, and liberal politics in an effort to explain his contributions and historical significance.Trade ReviewIn an era when Hollywood’s biggest female star was Doris Day, Stanley Kramer gallantly offered a counter-example of a politically conscious, forthrightly liberal cinema. The great virtue of Producer of Controversy is to reposition Kramer at the center of American film-making in the two postwar decades that required attention to the urgent challenges of racial injustice, intellectual conformity and the threat of nuclear war. Jennifer Frost’s writing is lively, judicious and makes for truly compelling reading."" - Stephen J. Whitfield, author of The Culture of the Cold War, 2nd edition ""In this engaging and informative book, Jennifer Frost illuminates the role of Stanley Kramer, one of Hollywood’s most influential filmmakers. Kramer produced and directed bold movies shortly after the post-World War II Red Scare, when critics of Hollywood blacklisted many artists. Kramer’s provocative films included Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Ship of Fools, On the Beach, Judgment at Nuremberg, and Inherit the Wind. Jennifer Frost shows how this Hollywood liberal aroused the thinking of movie audiences through notable films that addressed controversial subjects of the times."" - Robert Brent Toplin, author of Reel History: In Defense of Hollywood and History By Hollywood ""Producer of Controversy is a very apt description of Stanley Kramer, whose liberal films during the Cold War provoked strong reactions from viewers of all political persuasions. Jennifer Frost’s admirable study of the filmmaker and his accomplishments provides a firm historical context by which to reassess Kramer’s cultural and political significance."" - James Deutsch, adjunct professor of American Studies, George Washington University
£32.21
University of Wales Press The Films of Elias Querejeta
Book SynopsisThis book explores the work of Elias Querejeta, Spain's most important and political producer, through a particular emphasis on the representation of landscape in his films. In doing so, the book examines the ways in Spanish history has been shaped by geographical change since the 1960s.Trade Review'This is a profound and engaging study of a complex and fascinating subject, rich with radical, informed analysis of Spanish history, landscape and cinema. Whittaker's auteurist approach to Elias Querejeta, one of Spain's most illustrious producers, is original and provocative, as is his focus on space in key Spanish films.' Professor Rob Stone, Swansea University Whittaker's book makes a unique contribution to the field of film studies through its intimate exploration of landscape and space in Spanish cinema... Scholars of Spanish cinema and those interested in discourses of filmic space will greatly appreciate Whittaker's book and the new, spatial language of cinematic visuality it vividly unfolds. - Davina Quinlivan, Cinema Journal vol 52
£9.49
White Lion Publishing Wes Anderson
Book SynopsisThis new and updated edition covers the full life''s work of iconic director Wes Anderson, including Asteroid City, The French Dispatch, and his collection of four short films for Netflix.Loaded with rich imagery and detailed analysis of his incredible films – including the classics The Grand Budapest Hotel, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and The French Dispatch – this is the first book to feature all of Wes Anderson''s movies in a single volume.Acclaimed film journalist Ian Nathan provides an intelligent and thoughtful examination of the work of one of contemporary film’s greatest visionaries, charting the themes, visuals, and narratives that have come to define Anderson’s work and contributed to his films and idiosyncratic character that''s adored by his loyal fans. From Anderson’s regular cast members – including Bill Murray an
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Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd Stargazer
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Phaidon Press Ltd Truffaut At Work
Book SynopsisA comprehensive, behind-the-scenes examination of Truffaut's entire career.Trade Review"Meticulous... Not only is Truffaut at Work good on uncovering the works in progress, it is also adept at joining the dots between projects... You can't fault [Le Berre's prose] for thoroughness and informed enthusiasm, but the real treat here is the reproduction of Truffaut ephemera... And a plethora of behind-the-scenes black-and-white images that make the director look like the coolest man who ever walked the earth."—Empire "Extends for beyond the scope of a common-or-garden account of Truffaut’s life... If you have an interest in either Truffaut himself or simply filmmaking, this is a crucial book. Truffaut fans will savour and enjoy every page."—Film Ireland "It is fascinating to learn how works that flow easily and lightly on the screen were often born of pain and conflict."—George Perry, The Sunday Times "A brilliant blend of film history and coffee table quality stills, this stunning tribute to the career of the celebrated French director is an absolute delight to leaf through."—Film ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Une Visite (1954), Histoire d'eau and Les Mistons (1958) 2. The 400 Blows (1959) 3. Shoot the Piano Player (1960) 4. Jules and Jim (1961) 5. Antoine and Colette (1962) 6. The Soft Skin (1964) 7. Farenheit 451 (1966) 8. The Bride Wore Black (1967) 9. Stolen Kisses (1968) 10. The Wild Child (1970) 11. Bed and Board (1970) 12. Two English Girls (1971) 13. Such a Gorgeous Kid Like ME (1972) 14. Day for Night (1973) 15. The Story of Adele H. (1975) 16. Small Change (1976) 17. The Man Who Loved Women (1977) 18. The Green Room (1978) 19. Love on the Run (1979) 20. The Last Metro (1980) 21. The Woman Next Door (1981) 22. Confidentially Yours (1983) Biography Filmography Bibliography
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Manchester University Press Francois Truffaut French Film Directors Series
Book SynopsisAfter making an initial impact with his first film "Les 400 Coups", the French film director Francois Truffaut went on to make 23 films in 26 years. This appraisal of his work provides a socio-political contextualization, and gives an overview of his films and film-making methods.Table of ContentsPrefaceLes Mistons: an introduction1. The Context: Cinema Saved my Life2. A Career in Cinema3. The Genre Films4. Magic Mothers: The Sexual Politics of Truffaut’s Films5. Where is the Father? Masculinity and Authorship6. The Definitif and the Provisoire (The Absolute v. the Provisional)FilmographyBibliography
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Manchester University Press Agnes Varda French Film Directors French Film
Book SynopsisAgnes Varda, one of the major French film-makers of the last 40 years, is here celebrated by Alison Smith, by examining both the early films and the later successes, such as "Sans toit ni loi" (1985), "Jane B. par Agnes V." (1987) and "Jacquot de Nantes" (1991).Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Cinécriture and the power of images2. People and places3. Women's images and self-images4. Time and memory5. Performance, audience and actorsConclusionFilmographyBibliography
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Manchester University Press Luc Besson French Film Directors Series
Book SynopsisLuc Besson is considered one of the hottest international properties to emerge from the new wave of French film directors in the 1980s. This is a study of Besson's film-making career to date, placing the films within their socio-historical and political context.Table of Contents1. Luc Besson the emerging filmmaker2. Besson in context3. Violence as performance4. Constructing subjectivity in the absence of the father and the motherAfterword
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Manchester University Press Coline Serreau French Film Directors Series
Book SynopsisColine Serreau’s third film, Trois hommes et un couffin (Three Men and a Baby) was the most successful French film of the 1980s. She was already known in France for her major contribution to feminist documentaries with the acclaimed Mais qu'est-ce qu'elles veulent?, and is now a key figure in French cinema and drama.Table of ContentsColine Serreau, May 1968 and the 1970s in France; rebel with causes - Coline Serreau and politics 1972-1996; from the age of light to the limelights - Coline Serreau and intertextuality; women's laughter from utopia to science fiction - comedies and humour; family matters and maters - questioning gender roles.
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Manchester University Press Claude Chabrol French Film Directors French Film
Book SynopsisClaude Chabrol has made more than 50 films in a career spanning 40 years. This account traces the development of his film style from the experimental period of the Nouvelle Vague to the mature thriller of the 1970s and the work of the 1990s.Table of Contents1. Chabrol and friends2. The New Wave3. The Hélène cycle4. Family plots5. The power of the gaze6. Stories of women7. Master of CérémonieAfterword
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Manchester University Press Robert Bresson French Film Directors Series
Book SynopsisAn introduction to the work of Robert Bresson, a respected and acclaimed director in the history of cinema. His films are considered in chronological order, using a perspective that draws variously on spectator theory, Catholic mysticism, gender theory and Lacanian psychoanalysis.Table of ContentsBresson before Bresson; le journal d'un cure de campagne; the "prison cycle"; the last black and white films; Bresson and Dostoevsky; sixth time lucky; the director; civilization and its discontents.
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Manchester University Press Lance Comfort British Film Makers
Book SynopsisCharts Lance Comfort's career in fullTable of Contents1. A place in the field2. A long apprenticeship 3. Breakthrough – Hatter's Castle 4. 'The busiest British film director'5. Dark achievement – six melodramas 6. Interlude: where to, now? 7. The double-bill: filming in the 1950s and 60s 8. Conclusion FilmographySelect bibliographyIndex
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Manchester University Press Jack Clayton British Film Makers
Book SynopsisA personal and fascinating account of the career and achievement of an important, much-loved director; Jack Clayton.Table of ContentsList of platesSeries Editor's forewordAcknowledgements1. Introduction: lonely passions – the cinema of Jack Clayton2. Early career: Naples is a Battlefield (1944); The Bespoke Overcoat (1955)3. Sex, realism and Yorkshire pudding: Room at the Top (1959)4. Pearl of ambiguity: The Innocents (1961)5. Woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown: The Pumpkin Eater (1964)6. Forbidden games: Our Mother's House (1967)7. Clayton in America: The Great Gatsby (1974); Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)8. God's lonely woman: The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)9. Death makes a call: Memento Mori (1992)10. Unfinished business: the unrealised projects of Jack Clayton11. ConclusionAppendices: Some writings of Jack ClaytonFilmographySelect bibliographyIndex
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Manchester University Press Jean Vigo
Book SynopsisFilm historian Michael Temple explores the intense career of Jean Vigo, one of the legendary figures of world cinema, and asks why he has had such a long-lasting impact on film culture around the world. -- .Table of ContentsLIST OF PLATESSERIES EDITORS’ FOREWORDACKNOWLEDGEMENTS1. The cinema incarnate2. On the subject of documentary3. The personal and the political4. An unknown masterpiece5. Visions of VigoFILMOGRAPHYSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX
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Manchester University Press Terence Fisher British Film Makers
Book SynopsisThis book offers an appreciation of all of Fisher's films and also gives a sense of his place in British film historyTable of Contents1. Introduction2. Fisher before horror3. The horror man: 1957–624. Highs and lows: 1962–72ConclusionFilmographySelect bibliographyIndex
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Manchester University Press Launder and Gilliat
Book SynopsisAnalyses the achievement of one of the central partnerships in British film history -- .Table of Contents1. Introduction: Produced, written and directed by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat2. Keeping the home fires burning: the home front trilogy – Millions Like Us, Two Thousand Women, Waterloo Road3. Very individual pictures: The Rake's Progress, I See a Dark Stranger4. 'Happy days': The Blue Lagoon, The Happiest Days of Your Life, The Belles of St Trinian's, etc5. Authors and genres: thrillers and comedies6. Last wordsFilmographySelect BibliographyIndex
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Manchester University Press Andre Techine French Film Directors French Film
Book SynopsisThis is the first full-length monograph in English on one of France's most important contemporary filmmakers, whose originality lies in his subtle exploration of sexuality and national identityTable of Contents1. Emergence2. New realisms3. Families and sexualities4. Itineraries of Frenchness5. CollaborationsFilmography
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Manchester University Press Andre Techine French Film Directors French Film
Book SynopsisThe first full-length monograph in English about one of France's most important contemporary filmmakers, locating André Téchiné within historical and cultural contexts that include the Algerian war, contemporary globialisation, and the influence of Roland Barthes, Bertolt Brecht, Ingmar Bergman, William Faulkner and the cinematic French wave.Table of ContentsList of FiguresSeries Editors' ForewordAcknowledgements1. Emergence2. New Realisms3. Families and sexualities4. Itineraries of Frenchness5. CollaborationsFilmographySelect BibliographyIndex
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Manchester University Press Jean Cocteau French Film Directors French Film
Book SynopsisA comprehensive, original and accessible account of all aspects of Jean Cocteau's work in the cinema. The first major study in English for over forty years. Casts new light on Cocteau's most celebrated films as well as the lesser known ones.Table of ContentsList of platesSeries editors’ forewordAcknowledgements1. His name was Jean 2. All is possible: 'Le Sang d’un poète'3. The tricks of the reel:I. 'L’Eternel retour'/'La Belle et la bête' II. 'L’Aigle à deux têtes'/'Les Parents terribles'III. 'La Villa Santo-Sospir'/'Le Testament d’Orphée'4. In the zone:' Orphée' 5. Cocteau, Jean Marais and collaboration6. For our eyes only: body and sexuality in reverse motion 7. En routeFilmographySelect bibliographyIndex
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Manchester University Press Sydney Box British Film Makers
Book SynopsisA lucid and informative account, drawing on unpublished material, of the career of one of the most successful and significant producers in British cinema. It provides discussion of all his films, including The Seventh Veil (1945), and affords an exceptional insight into the workings of the wartime and postwar British film and television industries.Trade ReviewThe best entry yet in the British Film Makers series, this is an astonishingly detailed work. A truly remarkable achievement, it brings Britain's post-war film industry vividly to life. -- .Table of Contents1. In praise of producers2. The self-made man3. The documentarist: Verity films4. ‘I had something they wanted to buy’: Feature film producer5. ‘The apple of Mr Rank’s mercatorial eye’: Managing director of Gainsborough Pictures (1946-1949)6. ‘One a month’: The Gainsborough films7. Precarious independence: The 1950s8. Lion hunt and after9. ConclusionAppendix: Costs and box-office evenues of Box’s films distributed by Rank, where availableFilmography
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Manchester University Press J. Lee Thompson
Book SynopsisThe first to examine the work of a man once hailed as the finest film-maker to emerge from the British studio system after the Second World War, J. Lee Thompson -- .Table of ContentsSeries Editor's forewordForeword by Sir John MillsAcknowledgements1. Introduction2. From Jack of all trades...3. To master of one4. Women who lie in gaol5. Family entertainment6. Prisons without bars7. The perilous passage8. Deutsche stars9. Greek mythology10. J. Lee goes to Hollywood11. The prodigal's returnFilmographyReferencesIndex
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Manchester University Press Leos Carax French Film Directors Series
Book SynopsisA study of the "enfant terrible" of French cinema. The ingredients and influences of Carax's films (including "Les Amants du Pont Neuf" and "Pola X") are examined: Paris, pop music, flanerie, amour fou, mannerist and neo-baroque aesthetics, "Nouvelle Vague" and contemporary naturalist cinema.Table of ContentsList of platesSeries editors' forewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Genesis of Carax's system1. A pierrot apart; 'Boy Meets Girl' (1984), 'Mauvais Sang' (1986) and the nouvelle vague inheritance2. 'Feux d'artifice:'Les Amants du Pont-Neuf'' (1991) and the spectacle of vagrancy3. Carax's ambiguities: 'Pola X' (1999), naturalism, MelvilleFilmographyBibliographyInde
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Manchester University Press Roy Ward Baker
Book SynopsisThis book traces the career of one of the great survivors of the British film and television industry over more than sixty years, who directed landmark British films, worked at Twentieth Century Fox and Rank in Hollywood, moved to television series such as 'The Avengers' and re-emerged as a major director of science fiction and horror. -- .Trade ReviewReally refreshing…treated with perception and intelligence -- .Table of ContentsList of platesSeries Editors' ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction: A classical director working in a melodramatic force field2. 'Realism' - 'Flame in the Streets' and 'A Night to Remember'3. 'A morbid sensibility': 1947-19614. 'Roy Ward Baker': Hammer and Amicus5. Conclusion: 'The One That Got Away'FilmographySelect BibliographyIndex
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Manchester University Press Carol Reed
Book SynopsisA major reconsideration of one of British cinema's finest film directors, offering fresh insight into Carol Reed's distinctive work, and his place in the history of British cinema. -- .Table of ContentsSeries Editors' ForewordAcknowledgements1. Introduction2. Early days: Girls in the news. 'Bank Holiday' (1938), 'A Girl Must Live' (1939), 'Climbing High' (1938)3. The 1940s: Love and death. 'The Stars Look Down' (1940), 'Night Train to Munich' (1940), 'Kipps' (1941), 'The Way Ahead' (1944), 'Odd Man Out' (1947)4. Hearts of the matter: The Graham Greene films. 'The Fallen Idol' (1948), 'The Third Man' (1949), 'Our Man in Havana' (1959)5. The 1950s and characters in-between. 'Outcast of the Islands' (1952), 'The Man Between' (1953), 'A Kid for Two Farthings' (1959)6. An Englishman abroad. 'The Key' (1958), 'The Running Man' (1963), 'The Agony and the Ecstasy' (1965), 'Trapeze' (1956)7. The last hurrah. 'Oliver!' (1968)8. ConclusionFilmographyReferencesIndex
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Manchester University Press Alain Resnais French Film Directors French Film
Book SynopsisAlain Resnais, director of "Hiroshima mon amour" (1959) and "L'Annee derniere a Marienbad" (1961), has transformed the representation of memory, fantasy and desire in modern cinema. This title presents an introduction to his work that traces the evolving patterns of his filmmaking, its reflections on mortality, guilt, chance and human doubt.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Illustrations Introduction 1. Documentaries 1948-1958 2. 'Hiroshima mon amour' (1959) 3. 'L'Annee derniere a Marienbad' (1961) 4. 'Muriel ou le temps d'un retour' (1963) 5. 'La Guerre est finie' (1966), 'Je t'aime je t'aime' (1968), 'Stavisky' (1974) 6. 'Providence' (1977) 7. 'Mon oncle d'Amerique' (1980), 'La vie est un roman' (1983), 'L'Amour a mort' (1984), 'Melo' (1986), 'I Want to Go Home' (1989) 8. 'Smoking/No Smoking' (1993), 'On Connait la chanson' (1997), 'Pas sur la bouche' (2003) Filmography Select Bibliography
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Manchester University Press Patrice Leconte
Book SynopsisLisa Downing's comprehensive study of the films of PatriceLeconte traces lines of continuity and revision through a body of apparentlydisparate films whose messages often appear both contradictory andcontroversial. -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. 'Leconte est bonl' - The making of a director; 2. Comedic strategies - From Les Bronzes to Ridicule; 3. Modes of masculinity; 4. Visions of femininity; 5. The ethics of the couple; Conclusion; Appendix - Conversation with Patrice Leconte (09/02/02) Filmography; Select bibliography; Index
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Manchester University Press Anthony Asquith British Film Makers
Book SynopsisA study of Anthony Asquith, which sets his work in the context of the history of British cinema from the silent period to the 1960s, and examines the artistic and cultural influences within which his films can be understood.Trade ReviewTom Ryall's illuminating book has helped to raise the curtain a little, allowing other writers in other books to peer more closely inside. -- .Table of ContentsSERIES EDITORS’ FOREWORDACKNOWLEDGEMENTS1. Introduction2. The formative years3. The 1930s4. Wartime British cinema5. Post-war films 1 - genre and British cinema6. Post-war films 2 - adaptation and the theatre7. The ‘International’ film8. Asquith and the British cinemaFILMOGRAPHYSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX
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Manchester University Press Style and Meaning Studies in the Detailed
Book SynopsisApproaches to the detailed analysis of film and related questions about interpretation and value are once again being widely debated in film studies. Style and meaning is the first edited collection for many years to focus on these matters. All the essays centre on methods of close analysis and ground their discussion in the detail of films.Trade Review‘Style and Meaning: Studies in the Detailed Analysis of Film is a vigorous book which boots us well beyond the old impasse of warring classical vs. modern schools or sensibilities in cinema studies. It does by concentrating carefully on the methodology of stylistic analysis, providing a range of vivid demonstrations – and essentially leaving some of the baggage of the auteurist and thematic legacy at the door.’Adrian Martin, Screening the Past -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction John Gibbs and Douglas Pye1 Where is the world? The horizon of events in movie fictionV. F. Perkins2 From detail to meaning: Badlands (Terence Malick, 1973) and cinematic articulationJonathan Bignell3 Narrative and visual pleasures in the The Scarlet Empress (Josef von Sternberg, 1934)George M. Wilson4 The Dandy and the Magdalen: interpreting the long take in Hitchcock's Under Capricorn (1949)5 Character interiority: space, point of view and performance in Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958)Neill Potts6 Narration, point of view and patterns in the soundtrack of Letter from an Unknown Woman (Max Ophuls, 1948)Steve Neale7 Revisiting Preminger: Bonjour Tristesse (1958) and close readingJohn Gibbs and John Pye8 Meaning and value in The Jazz Singer (Alan Crosland, 1927)9 A Hollyswooed art firlm: Liebestraum (Mike Figgis, 1991)Michael Walker10 Swimming and sinking: form and meaning in an avant-garde filmJim Hillier11 'Knowings one's place': frame-breaking, embarrassment and irony in La Cérémonie (Claude Chabrol, 1995)Deborah Thomas12 'Television aesthetics' and close analysis: style, mood and engagement in Perfect Strangers (Stephen Poliakoff, 2001)Sarah Cardwell13 How cinematography creates meaning in Happy Together (Wong Kar-Wai, 1997) Cathy Grennhalgh14 Motes on teaching film styleAndrew Klevan15 Repetition and return: textual analysis and Douglas Sirk in the twenty-first centuryLaura Mulvey
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Manchester University Press JeanLuc Godard
Book SynopsisThis volume offers a new interpretation of the whole of Godard's career in cinema. Drawing examples from all periods of Godard's filmmaking, it examines the parallels between the director's innovative approach to film form and wider developments in French culture and thought since 1950. -- .Table of ContentsSeries editors' forewordAcknowledgements1. Necessity or contingency: Godard as film critic 1950-592. Scenes from domestic life: 1960-653. Outside: 1960-624. End of the beginning / beginning of the end: 1966-675. Schooling: 1968-726. Home movies: 1974-787. Love and work: 1979-848. Smiling with regret: 1984-909. The sense of an ending: 1991-9610. Old man river: 1998-ConclusionFilmographySelect BibliographyIndex
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