The Men Who Made the Movies - Softcover

Schickel, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566633745 ISBN 13: 9781566633741

Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, 2001

Synopsis

Mr. Schickel takes on eight of Hollywood's finest directors in conversationHitchcock, Capra, Minnelli, Cukor, Hawks, Wellman, Vidor, and Walshreminiscing about their working lives which spanned the most intriguing decades of American filmmaking. Each of these directors created a canon of work that even today sustains critical analysis without sacrificing popular appeal. Immensely readable and richly informative. . . it provides a real education in just how movies are made. . . . One of the best introductions to the cinema that one could ask for. Library Journal

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Schickel is a film critic for Time magazine and an often-honored observer of American culture. His many books include Intimate Strangers and Matinee Idylls as well as biographies of Clint Eastwood, Marlon Brando, James Cagney, D. W. Griffith, Cary Grant, and Walt Disney. He lives in Los Angeles.

From Library Journal:

First published in 1975, this is a who's who of great film directors. The book offers interviews with Alfred Hitchcock, Frank Capra, Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor, Howard Hawks, William Wellman, King Vidor, and Raoul Walsh, all of whom were among the Hollywood elite who just about invented what we know as "the movies." Each interview covers numerous subjects and is accompanied by photos. Essential for film collections.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1566633745
• ISBN 13: 9781566633741
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320