|
(Date Posted:12/12/2008 12:50 AM)
‘Action!
Interviews with Directors from Classical Hollywood
to Contemporary Iran’, Edited by Gary Morris, foreword
by Jonathan Rosenbaum, introduction by Bert
Cardullo
ISBN: 9781843313120;
List Price: £50.00 / $80.00
Available for sale
at a discount on www.amazon.co.uk or
www.amazon.com.
‘Action!’ presents nineteen
outstanding interviews with directors past and present, from around the world,
working in a variety of genres, budgets and production environments from major
studios to indie and DIY. The result is a vibrant group portrait of the
filmmaking art, a kind of festival in words that explores everything from the
enormous creative and personal satisfactions to the challenges and frustrations
of the process. A fascinating
and insightul collection for filmmakers, cinephiles, film teachers and
students, and pop culture mavens generally.
Gary Morris publishes and edits ‘Bright
Lights Film Journal’ and is the author of the monograph ‘Roger Corman’ (1985)
in the prestigious Twayne Theatrical Arts series. He has written on film and
the arts for many publications, including
‘SF Weekly’, ‘San Francisco Chronicle’,
‘San Francisco Bay Guardian’, ‘Bay
Area Reporter’, as well as ‘The Journal of Popular Film and Television’, ‘The Financial Times, Close-up’
(Italy), various Italian and Swiss film festival catalogs, and others.
| 
