| Description |
x, 849 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Lightning Art -- 1. Allan Dwan (1885-1981). The Last Pioneer. Galloping Tintypes -- 2. Raoul Walsh (1887-1980). The Adventurer. Dagger, Sword and Gun -- 3. Fritz Lang (1890-1976). Fate, Murder and Revenge. The Director's Copyright -- 4. Josef Von Sternberg (1894-1969). The Angle of Vision. They Are All Abstract -- 5. Howard Hawks (1896-1977). Ride, Boldly Ride. The Rules of the Game -- 6. Leo McCarey (1898-1969). The Crazy Irishman. The Ineluctability of Incidents -- 7. George Cukor (1899-1983). Sound's Perfect Choice. The Players're the Thing -- 8. Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980). A Synonym for Suspense. Young Man with Master Mind -- 9. Edgar G. Ulmer (1904-1972). Out of Nothing. Nothing Was Impossible -- 10. Otto Preminger (1906-1986). The Intelligence of the Audience. Open Questions -- 11. Joseph H. Lewis (1907-). The Impressionist. Artist Without Diploma -- 12. Chuck Jones (1912-). What's Up, Honorary Doc? Every Day's New Game -- 13. Don Siegel (1912-1991) |
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Action's Intellectual. That Outcast Is Me -- 14. Frank Tashlin (1913-1972). The Possum's Smile. The Nonsense of Civilization -- 15. Robert Aldrich (1918-1983). Deadly Kiss Me. The Phoenix Flight -- 16. Sidney Lumet (1924-). A Child of New York. Making Mosaics |
| Summary |
Peter Bogdanovich, director, screenwriter, actor and critic, interviews sixteen legendary directors of the first hundred years of film - from Allan Dwan and Raoul Walsh to Leo McCarey, Alfred Hitchcock and Sidney Lumet. The conversations brought together in this book give us a history of the movies. They are the stories of pioneers who came to the picture business from many worlds. Some were adventurers (running away to sea; joining Pancho Villa) before finding their place in the movies. Some were football stars, some electrical engineers, lawyers, auto mechanics, airplane designers. Some were trained in silent movies (Dwan, Walsh, Lang, von Sternberg, Hitchcock). Many of them were men who lived to the hilt and brought to their work the residue of their earlier experiences |
| Notes |
Includes filmographies and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes filmographies and index |
| Subject |
Motion picture producers and directors -- Interviews.
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Motion pictures -- Production and direction.
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| Author |
Aldrich, Robert, 1918-1983.
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Bogdanovich, Peter, 1939-
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| LC no. |
96036442 |
| ISBN |
0679447067 |
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