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John Cassavetes : lifeworks / Tom Charity.
Van Pelt Library PN1998.3.C384 C43 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Charity, Tom.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cassavetes, John, 1929-1989.
- Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 257 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Omnibus Press ; New York, NY : Exclusive distributors, Music Sales Corp., [2001]
- Summary:
- Unfashionable in his lifetime, John Cassavetes appeared in mainstream films like Rosemary's Baby and The Dirty Dozen in order to finance his own highly distinctive independent films. This detailed biography celebrates the work of a uniquely uncompromising filmmaker whose examples inspired leading directors like Martin Scorcese who described him as "a guide and a teacher."
- Notes:
- Includes filmographies and index.
- ISBN:
- 0711975442
- OCLC:
- 47271908
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