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Book Description Condition: New. pp. [x] + 149. Seller Inventory # 26112952
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. My Passage from India describes Ismail Merchant's extraordinary journey from his start as an aspiring filmmaker in Bombay scraping together a meager production budget for his first short film to his triumphant arrival at the Oscar podium. Internationally celebrated for such cinematic masterpieces as Heat and Dust A Room with a View Howards End and Remains of the Day Ismail Merchant is today regarded as one of the world's leading producers of independent films. His story however begins not in the English countryside or along the Arno in Florence but in India where he grew up. At the age of thirteen sharing a triumphal gala entrance with Nimmi a family friend and Indian film star he had his first taste of cinema's allure and realized that he would spend his life making movies. In 1958 the young Indian filmmaker arrived in New York to pursue a master's degree at NYU. While landing a job in advertising he kept his focus on his dreams winning a place at the Cannes Film Festival for his first short film Creation of Woman. His passion for film was relentless helping him leap over obstacles with humor guile and infectious enthusiasm. In 1961 he was introduced to a kindred spirit James Ivory and together they established Merchant Ivory Productions. Along with Ruth Prawer Jhabvala their partnership would result in more than forty extraordinary films (so far). Including seventy five photographs of his life My Passage from India is a sumptuous feast of the stories sights sounds and larger than life characters that have been part of his remarkable world in India and around the globe. 149 pp. Seller Inventory # 57844
Book Description Condition: New. pp. [x] + 149, Frontispiece Illus. (Mostly Col.). Seller Inventory # 7735015
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. ISBN:9788174362520 N.A. Seller Inventory # 2097629