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Sidney Lumet : interviews / edited by Joanna E. Rapf.
Van Pelt Library PN1998.3.L86 S53 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011.
- Series:
- Conversations with filmmakers series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011--Interviews.
- Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011.
- Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Interviews.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- xlvii, 200 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2006.
- Summary:
- Sidney Lumet (b. 1924) is considered one of the most gifted and socially conscious American filmmakers of his generation. His best-known movies-including Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, The Verdict, 12 Angry Men, and Network-have garnered him an Honorary Academy Award in 2005, multiple Oscar nominations for Best Director, the D. W. Griffith Award for Lifetime Achievement, and numerous other tributes.
- This book features over twenty interviews with the director, including two pieces that have never appeared in English and an interview conducted by the editor specifically for this volume. One of the few mainstream directors who works outside of Hollywood, Lumet discusses how his home base, New York City, fuels his films. He talks passionately about his work with great actors (among them Al Pacino, Faye Dunaway, River Phoenix, and Sean Connery) and acclaimed screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky.
- Insisting that moviemaking is collaborative, Lumet often notes his determination to find styles that serve the many different kinds of stories he has told, such as the social drama The Pawnbroker, the crime films Prince of the City and Serpico, the intimate family piece Garbo Talks, the play adaptation Long Day's Journey into Night, and the television series 100 Centre Street.
- Contents:
- An Interview with Sidney Lumet / Peter Bogdanovich 3
- Keep Them on the Hook / Films and Filming 12
- The Insider: Sidney Lumet Talks about His Work in Films / Robin Bean 17
- Long Day's Journey Into Night: An Interview with Sidney Lumet / Dale Luciano 28
- Sidney Lumet: The Offence / Susan Merrill 44
- What's Real? What's True? / Gordon Gow 53
- Sidney Lumet: Letting It Happen / Mort Sheinman 65
- Lumet: Endlessly Energetic / David Sterritt 69
- Colour and Concepts / Ralph Applebaum 73
- A Conversation with Sidney Lumet / Michel Ciment 81
- Interview with Sidney Lumet / Chantal De Bechade 104
- Sidney Lumet: The Reluctant Auteur / Don Shewey 110
- Sidney Lumet: An Interview / Kenneth M. Chanko 122
- Lumet's Morning Dawns / Maureen Burke 128
- Sidney Lumet: The Lion on the Left / Gavin Smith 131
- The Law According to Lumet / Terry Diggs 145
- Sidney Lumet: Making Movies / Henry Tischler 151
- Sidney Lumet: The Director Talks about Shooting in Snowstorms / Harold Goldberg 157
- Critical Care and Collaboration / Steven Schwartz 162
- An Interview with Sidney Lumet / Anthony Kaufman 173
- An Interview with Sidney Lumet / Joanna E. Rapf 177.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography (pages [xxiii]-xlvii), and index.
- ISBN:
- 1578067235
- 1578067243
- OCLC:
- 57285970
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