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Adventures of a Suburban Boy
John Boorman
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Description for Adventures of a Suburban Boy
Paperback. Offers a memoir of a suburban boy, who's creative life spent turning dreams into celluloid, and money into light. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 230.
In Adventures of a Suburban Boy, John Boorman, hailed by the Observer as 'arguably Britain's greatest living director', offers an enthralling memoir of a creative life spent turning dreams into celluloid, and money into light.
One of cinema's authentic visionaries, Boorman nevertheless enjoyed an archetypal English suburban boyhood in the 1940s and 50s, attending Catholic school and finding his first employment in a dry-cleaner's. But his abiding passion was for film, and he got his first break during the 'gold rush' era of British television in the 1960s. After directing several innovative documentaries for the BBC, he graduated to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571216963
SKU
V9780571216963
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About John Boorman
John Boorman was born in London in 1933. After working as a film reviewer for magazines and radio, he joined the BBC in 1955 as an assistant editor, and later directed a number of documentaries. His first feature was Catch Us If You Can in 1965. He is a five-time Academy Award-nominee, and was twice awarded Best Director at the ... Read more
Reviews for Adventures of a Suburban Boy
'He has had a thrillingly interesting life all over the world - and what's more, he can write better than most novelists.' Philip Horne, Daily Telegraph; 'Contains many laugh-aloud anecdotes.' Sunday Telegraph; 'Among the best first-hand accounts of the creative process of directing films.' Scotland on Sunday