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Conversations at the American Film Institute with the great moviemakers : the next generation, [edited and with an introduction by] George Stevens, Jr

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  • A companion volume to George Stevens, Jr.'s, much admired book of American Film Institute seminars with the great pioneering moviemakers ("Invaluable"--Martin Scorsese). Those represented here--directors, producers, writers, actors, cameramen, composers, editors--are men and women working in pictures, beginning in 1950, when the studio system was collapsing and people could no longer depend on, or were bound by, the structure of studio life to make movies. Here also are those who began to work long after the studio days were over--Robert Altman, David Lynch, Steven Spielberg, among them--who talk about how they came to make movies on their own. Some--like Peter Bogdanovich, Nora Ephron, Sydney Pollack, François Truffaut--talk about how they were influenced by the iconic pictures of the great pioneer filmmakers. Others talk about how they set out to forge their own paths--John Sayles, Roger Corman, George Lucas, et al. In this series of conversations held at the American Film Institute, all aspects of their work are discussed. Here is Arthur Penn, who began in the early 1950s in New York with live TV, directing people like Kim Stanley and such live shows as Playhouse 90, and on Broadway, directing Two for the Seesaw and The Miracle Worker, before going on to Hollywood and directing Mickey One and Bonnie and Clyde, among other pictures, talking about working within the system. ("When we finished Bonnie and Clyde," says Penn, "the film was characterized rather elegantly by one of the leading Warner executives as a 'piece of shit' ... It wasn't until the picture had an identity and a life of its own that the studio acknowledged it was a legitimate child of the Warner Bros. operation.") Here in conversation is Sidney Poitier, who grew up on an island without paved roads, stores, or telephones, and who was later taught English without a Caribbean accent by a Jewish waiter, talking about working as a janitor at the American Negro Theater in exchange for acting lessons and about Hollywood: It "never really had much of a conscience ... This town never was infected by that kind of goodness." Here, too, is Meryl Streep, America's premier actress, who began her career in Julia in 1977, and thirty odd years later, at sixty, was staring in The Iron Lady, defying all the rules about "term limits" and a filmmaking climate tyrannized by the male adolescent demographic ... Streep on making her first picture, and how Jane Fonda took her under her wing ("That little line on the floor," Fonda warned Streep, "don't look at it, that's where your toes are supposed to be. And that's how you'll be in the movie. If they're not there, you won't be in the movie"). Streep on the characters she chooses to play: "I like to defend characters that would otherwise be misconstrued or misunderstood." The Next Generation is a fascinating revelation of the art of making pictures
  • Collects American Film Institute conversations with filmmakers from the 1950s to today, including Steven Spielberg, Nora Ephron, and George Lucas
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xxiii, 737 p.
Contents
  • Preface / Bob Gazzale
  • Introduction / George Stevens, Jr.
  • Robert Altman
  • Darren Aronofsky
  • Peter Bogdanovich
  • Charles Champlin
  • Shirley Clarke
  • Anne Coates
  • Roger Corman
  • Ed Emshwiller
  • Nora Ephron
  • Morgan Freeman
  • William Friedkin
  • Larry Gelbart
  • Charlton Heston
  • Janusz Kaminski
  • Jack Lemmon
  • George Lucas
  • David Lynch
  • James Mangold
  • Alan Pakula
  • Gregory Peck
  • Arthur Penn
  • Sidney Poitier
  • Sydney Pollack
  • David Puttnam
  • Leonard Rosenman
  • John Sayles
  • Paul Schrader
  • Neil Simon
  • Steven Spielberg
  • Meryl Streep
  • Robert Towne
  • François Truffaut
Isbn
9780307273475
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Label
Conversations at the American Film Institute with the great moviemakers : the next generation
Title
Conversations at the American Film Institute with the great moviemakers
Title remainder
the next generation
Statement of responsibility
[edited and with an introduction by] George Stevens, Jr
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • A companion volume to George Stevens, Jr.'s, much admired book of American Film Institute seminars with the great pioneering moviemakers ("Invaluable"--Martin Scorsese). Those represented here--directors, producers, writers, actors, cameramen, composers, editors--are men and women working in pictures, beginning in 1950, when the studio system was collapsing and people could no longer depend on, or were bound by, the structure of studio life to make movies. Here also are those who began to work long after the studio days were over--Robert Altman, David Lynch, Steven Spielberg, among them--who talk about how they came to make movies on their own. Some--like Peter Bogdanovich, Nora Ephron, Sydney Pollack, François Truffaut--talk about how they were influenced by the iconic pictures of the great pioneer filmmakers. Others talk about how they set out to forge their own paths--John Sayles, Roger Corman, George Lucas, et al. In this series of conversations held at the American Film Institute, all aspects of their work are discussed. Here is Arthur Penn, who began in the early 1950s in New York with live TV, directing people like Kim Stanley and such live shows as Playhouse 90, and on Broadway, directing Two for the Seesaw and The Miracle Worker, before going on to Hollywood and directing Mickey One and Bonnie and Clyde, among other pictures, talking about working within the system. ("When we finished Bonnie and Clyde," says Penn, "the film was characterized rather elegantly by one of the leading Warner executives as a 'piece of shit' ... It wasn't until the picture had an identity and a life of its own that the studio acknowledged it was a legitimate child of the Warner Bros. operation.") Here in conversation is Sidney Poitier, who grew up on an island without paved roads, stores, or telephones, and who was later taught English without a Caribbean accent by a Jewish waiter, talking about working as a janitor at the American Negro Theater in exchange for acting lessons and about Hollywood: It "never really had much of a conscience ... This town never was infected by that kind of goodness." Here, too, is Meryl Streep, America's premier actress, who began her career in Julia in 1977, and thirty odd years later, at sixty, was staring in The Iron Lady, defying all the rules about "term limits" and a filmmaking climate tyrannized by the male adolescent demographic ... Streep on making her first picture, and how Jane Fonda took her under her wing ("That little line on the floor," Fonda warned Streep, "don't look at it, that's where your toes are supposed to be. And that's how you'll be in the movie. If they're not there, you won't be in the movie"). Streep on the characters she chooses to play: "I like to defend characters that would otherwise be misconstrued or misunderstood." The Next Generation is a fascinating revelation of the art of making pictures
  • Collects American Film Institute conversations with filmmakers from the 1950s to today, including Steven Spielberg, Nora Ephron, and George Lucas
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
791.4302/32092
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
PN1998.2
LC item number
.C613 2012
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • filmographies
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1932-
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  • Stevens, George
  • American Film Institute
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  • Motion picture producers and directors
  • Motion pictures
  • Motion picture producers and directors
  • Motion pictures
  • United States
Label
Conversations at the American Film Institute with the great moviemakers : the next generation, [edited and with an introduction by] George Stevens, Jr
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Includes filmographies
Contents
Preface / Bob Gazzale -- Introduction / George Stevens, Jr. -- Robert Altman -- Darren Aronofsky -- Peter Bogdanovich -- Charles Champlin -- Shirley Clarke -- Anne Coates -- Roger Corman -- Ed Emshwiller -- Nora Ephron -- Morgan Freeman -- William Friedkin -- Larry Gelbart -- Charlton Heston -- Janusz Kaminski -- Jack Lemmon -- George Lucas -- David Lynch -- James Mangold -- Alan Pakula -- Gregory Peck -- Arthur Penn -- Sidney Poitier -- Sydney Pollack -- David Puttnam -- Leonard Rosenman -- John Sayles -- Paul Schrader -- Neil Simon -- Steven Spielberg -- Meryl Streep -- Robert Towne -- François Truffaut
Control code
ocn745979754
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xxiii, 737 p.
Isbn
9780307273475
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Lccn
2011043741
Other physical details
ill.
Label
Conversations at the American Film Institute with the great moviemakers : the next generation, [edited and with an introduction by] George Stevens, Jr
Publication
Bibliography note
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Includes filmographies
Contents
Preface / Bob Gazzale -- Introduction / George Stevens, Jr. -- Robert Altman -- Darren Aronofsky -- Peter Bogdanovich -- Charles Champlin -- Shirley Clarke -- Anne Coates -- Roger Corman -- Ed Emshwiller -- Nora Ephron -- Morgan Freeman -- William Friedkin -- Larry Gelbart -- Charlton Heston -- Janusz Kaminski -- Jack Lemmon -- George Lucas -- David Lynch -- James Mangold -- Alan Pakula -- Gregory Peck -- Arthur Penn -- Sidney Poitier -- Sydney Pollack -- David Puttnam -- Leonard Rosenman -- John Sayles -- Paul Schrader -- Neil Simon -- Steven Spielberg -- Meryl Streep -- Robert Towne -- François Truffaut
Control code
ocn745979754
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xxiii, 737 p.
Isbn
9780307273475
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Lccn
2011043741
Other physical details
ill.

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