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Nichols and May : interviews / edited by Robert E. Kapsis.
Van Pelt Library PN1998.2.N53 A5 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Conversations with filmmakers series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nichols, Mike--Interviews.
- Nichols, Mike.
- May, Elaine, 1932---Interviews.
- May, Elaine.
- May, Elaine, 1932-.
- Motion picture producers and directors--Interviews.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Theatrical producers and directors.
- Screenwriters.
- Screenwriters--Interviews.
- Theatrical producers and directors--Interviews.
- Comedians--United States--Interviews.
- Comedians.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- lviii, 267 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2020]
- Summary:
- "In the late 1950s, Mike Nichols (1931-2014) and Elaine May (b. 1932) soared to superstar status as a sketch comedy duo in live shows and television. After their 1962 breakup, both went on to long and distinguished careers in other areas of show business-mostly separately, but sporadically together again. In Nichols and May: Interviews, twenty-seven interviews and profiles ranging over more than five decades tell their stories in their own words. Nichols quickly became an A-list stage and film director, while May, like many women in her field, often found herself thwarted in her attempts to make her distinctive voice heard in projects she could control herself. Yet, in recent years, Nichols's work as a filmmaker has been perhaps unfairly devalued, while May's accomplishments, particularly as a screenwriter and director, have become more appreciated, leading to her present widespread acceptance as a groundbreaking female artist and a creative genius of and for our time. Nichols gave numerous interviews during his career, and editor Robert E. Kapsis culled hundreds of potential selections to include in this volume the most revealing and those that focus on his filmmaking career. May, however, was a reluctant interview subject at best. She often subverted the whole interview process, producing instead a hilarious parody or even a comedy sketch-with or without the cooperation of the sometimes-oblivious interviewer. With its contrasting selection of interviews conventional and oddball, this volume is an important contribution to the study of the careers of Nichols and May"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Elaine May: Q & A about Her Play / Richard F. Shepard
- The Cold Loneliness of It All / Vincent Canby
- Mike Nichols: Director as Star / Mel Gussow
- Whatever Happened to Elaine May? / Thomas Thompson
- Elaine May Has a Thing on Not Talking to Press: Nonlinear Interview with Elaine May / Joyce Haber
- It Depends on How You Look at It / Barry Day
- On Location with Catch-22 / Nora Ephron
- How to Succeed in Interviewing Elaine May (Try, Really Try) / Dick Lemon
- The Misfortune of Mike Nichols: Notes on the Making of a Bad Film / Frank Rich
- Elaine May: Too Tough for Hollywood? Or, The Benadryl Tapes / Leonard Probst
- Elaine May: A New Film, but Not a New Leaf / Andrew Tobias
- Mike Nichols / Jeffrey Sweet
- Mike Nichols: The Special Risks and Rewards of the Directors Art / Barbara Gelb
- Did Mike Nichols Squander His Luck on Heartburn7. / Paul Rosenfield
- The Road to Ishtar: How Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, and Elaine May Made a Farce in the Desert for Just $40 Million / David Blum
- Mike Nichols: A New Feeling about Films / Charles Champlin
- Nichols, May Honored by TV, Radio Museum / Jane Hall
- Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? / Peter Biskind
- They All Have a Secret / Patrick Goldstein
- Of Metaphors and Purpose: An Interview with Mike Nichols / Gavin Smith
- City of Angels / Marc Peyser
- Elaine May in Conversation with Mike Nichols / Mike Nichols
- Elaine May Salutes Mike Nichols at the AFI Life Achievement Award / Elaine May
- Blind Camels, Idiot Execs, and Five Other Ishtar Revelations from Director Elaine May / S. T. Van Airsdale
- Who's Afraid of Nichols and May? / Sam Kashner
- A Lovingly Obsessive Tribute to Mike Nichols / Richard Brody.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Nichols and May
- ISBN:
- 9781496828330
- 149682833X
- 9781496831040
- 1496831047
- OCLC:
- 1154131800
- Publisher Number:
- 99989258893
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