My First Movie Twenty Celebrated Directors Talk About Their First Film
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Random House Inc
- Publish date: 03/01/2001
Description:
Conducted with an understanding born of a practical knowledge of filmmaking (the author is himself a writer/director), Stephen Lowenstein's in-depth interviews detail the horror and the humor of the first-time director's experience to give us a unique perspective on such films as Diner, Muriel's Wedding, Clerks, and Blood Simple.
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What movies did they see as children? How did they find backers for their first projects? How did they support themselves while making their first films? What kinds of budgets did they have, whom did they hire and why, what locations did they use, what was day-to-day life like on the set?
This is an essential book for anyone interested in film and filmmaking and in the intricacies of the creative process.
The directors are:
Pedro Almodovar
Mike Leigh
Allison Anders
Barry Levinson
Steve Buscemi
Ken Loach
Joel and Ethan Coen
James Mangold
Tom DiCillo
Anthony Minghella
Mike Figgis
Mira Nair
Stephen Frears
Gary Oldman
P.J. Hogan
Kevin Smith
Neil Jordan
Oliver Stone
Ang Lee
Bertrand Tavernier
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