The Movie Directors Story

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Since the earliest days of the cinema, the director has combined and controlled all the elements of film-making. His status and independence have waxed and waned but he has always - rightly or wrongly - been credited with a film s
success or blamed for its failure. Here is the absorbing account of 140 careers, ranging across the spectrum from studio work-horse to acknowledged genius. The famous director-star partnerships, such as Clarence Brown and Greta Garbo, John Ford and John Wayne, Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich, Martin Scorsese and Robert de Niro
are all here, as are the unknown but invaluable contract directors, the great innovators, the writer-directors and the rebels. Each entry is generously illustrated with pictures of the directors themselves, as well as scenes from their most characteristic movies. The selection has been made to give a varied and representative view of the director's contribution to the English-speaking cinema in general and Hollywood in... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Since the earliest days of the cinema, the director has combined and controlled all the elements of film-making. His status and independence have waxed and waned but he has always - rightly or wrongly - been credited with a film s
success or blamed for its failure. Here is the absorbing account of 140 careers, ranging across the spectrum from studio work-horse to acknowledged genius. The famous director-star partnerships, such as Clarence Brown and Greta Garbo, John Ford and John Wayne, Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich, Martin Scorsese and Robert de Niro
are all here, as are the unknown but invaluable contract directors, the great innovators, the writer-directors and the rebels. Each entry is generously illustrated with pictures of the directors themselves, as well as scenes from their most characteristic movies. The selection has been made to give a varied and representative view of the director's contribution to the English-speaking cinema in general and Hollywood in particular.
It includes:
D.W. GRIFFITH CHARLIE CHAPLIN ORSON WELLES JOHN FORD ALFRED HITCHCOCK
BILLY WILDER STANLEY KUBRICK CLINT EASTWOOD FRANCIS COPPOLA STEVEN-SPIELBERG
and 130 more!
Under the editorship of Robyn Karney, who was responsible for this book s companion volume, 'The Movie Stars Story,'
film historian and writer Joel W. Finlerhas brought his considerable knowledge to bear on this fascinating subject and has also illustrated the book from his large personal archive of stills.
OVER 600 MONOCHROME ILLUSTRATIONS AND 50 IN COLOUR Vissza