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Film Talk: Directors at Work
Wheeler W. Dixon
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Description for Film Talk: Directors at Work
paperback. What 1970s Hollywood filmmaker influenced Quentin Tarantino? How have contemporary Japanese horror films inspired Takashi Shimizu, director of the huge box office hit "The Grudge"? This title offers answers to these questions, along with a behind-the-scenes look at filmmaking. Num Pages: 224 pages, 58 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
What 1970s Hollywood filmmaker influenced Quentin Tarantino? How have contemporary Japanese horror films inspired Takashi Shimizu, director of the huge box office hit The Grudge? What is it like to be an African American director in the twenty-first century?
The answers to these questions, along with many more little-known facts and insights, can be found in Film Talk, an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at filmmaking from the 1940s to the present. In eleven intimate and revealing interviews, contemporary film directors speak frankly about their work-their successes and their disappointments, their personal aspirations, struggles, relationships, and the politics that affect the ... Read more
What 1970s Hollywood filmmaker influenced Quentin Tarantino? How have contemporary Japanese horror films inspired Takashi Shimizu, director of the huge box office hit The Grudge? What is it like to be an African American director in the twenty-first century?
The answers to these questions, along with many more little-known facts and insights, can be found in Film Talk, an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at filmmaking from the 1940s to the present. In eleven intimate and revealing interviews, contemporary film directors speak frankly about their work-their successes and their disappointments, their personal aspirations, struggles, relationships, and the politics that affect the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813540788
SKU
V9780813540788
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About Wheeler W. Dixon
Wheeler Winston Dixon is the James Ryan Endowed Professor of Film Studies, Professor of English at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and the coeditor-in-chief of the Quarterly Review of Film and Video. His films have been acquired for the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He is the author of numerous books including American Cinema ... Read more
Reviews for Film Talk: Directors at Work
"This delightful selection of interviews with important directors who have made significant contributions to film ranges from the 'old-timers' to the up-and-coming. In addition to gossipy bits of information, Dixon reveals the myriad ways people make theirway into the movie business and the ways that geniuses conceptualize their primary goal as director."
Rebecca Bell-Metereau
author of Hollywood Androgyny ... Read more
Rebecca Bell-Metereau
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