The film that changed my life : 30 directors on their epiphanies in the dark
Elder, Robert K.2011
Book
"The movie that inspired filmmakers to direct is like the atomic bomb that went off before their eyes. The Film That Changed My Life captures that epiphany. It explores 30 directors' love of a film they saw at a particularly formative moment, how it influenced their own works, and how it made them think differently. Rebel Without a Cause inspired John Woo to comb his hair and talk like James Dean. For Richard Linklater, "something was simmering in me, but Raging Bull brought it to a boil." Apocalypse Now inspired Danny Boyle to make larger-than-life films. A single line from The Wizard of Oz--"Who could ever have thought a good little girl like you could destroy all my beautiful wickedness?"--had a direct impact on John Waters. "That line inspired my life," Waters says. "I sometimes say it to myself before I go to sleep, like a prayer." In this volume, directors as diverse as John Woo, Peter Bogdanovich, Michel Gondry, and Kevin Smith examine classic movies that inspired them to tell stories. Here are 30 inspired and inspiring discussions of classic films that shaped the careers of today's directors and, in turn, cinema history."-- Provided by publisher.
Main title:
The film that changed my life : 30 directors on their epiphanies in the dark / Robert K. Elder.
Author:
Elder, Robert K., author
Imprint:
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2011]©2011
Collation:
viii, 295 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
An American werewolf in London / Edgar WrightAnnie Hall / Rian JohnsonApocalypse now / Danny BoyleBonnie and Clyde / Bill CondonBrazil / Richard KellyCitizen Kane / Peter BogdanovichA clockwork orange / John Dahl8 1/2 / Henry JaglomE.T.: the extra-terrestrial / Brian HerzlingerThe exterminating angel / Alex GibneyThe godfather / Kimberly PeirceHarlan County U.S.A. / Steve JamesKings of the road / Austin ChickL'âge d'or / Guy MaddinLe voyage en ballon / Michel GondryOnce upon a time in America / Michael PolishOpen city / Arthur HillerPaper moon / Pete DocterPersona / Atom EgoyanPurab aur pachhim and It's a wonderful life / Gurinder ChadhaRaging bull / Richard LinklaterRaising Arizona / Jay DuplassRebel without a cause and Mean streets / John WooThe 7th voyage of Sinbad / John LandisSlacker / Kevin SmithSleeper / Chris MillerThe soft skin / Neil LaButeThe tales of Hoffmann / George A. RomeroTouch of evil / Frank OzThe wizard of Oz / John Waters.
ISBN:
97815565282559781556528255 (paperback)
Dewey class:
791.4375
LC class:
PN1995
Language:
English
BRN:
34140
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| City Library | -Art and Culture | ARTS 791.4375 ELDE | Available |