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Charles Burnett : interviews / edited by Robert E. Kapsis.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Conversations with filmmakers series.
- Conversations with filmmakers series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Interviews.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Burnett, Charles (Charles S. F.)--Interviews.
- Burnett, Charles.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (252 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson, Miss. : University Press of Mississippi, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Charles Burnett (b. 1944) is a groundbreaking African American filmmaker and one of this country's finest directors, yet he remains largely unknown. His films, most notably Killer of Sheep (1977) and To Sleep with Anger (1990), are considered classics, yet few filmgoers have seen them or heard of Burnett. The interviews in this volume explore this paradox and collectively shed light on the work of a rare film master whose stories bring to the screen the texture and poetry of life in the black community. The best qualities of Burnett's films-rich characterizations, morally and emotionally compl
- Contents:
- Black independent American cinema: Charles Burnett / Corine McMullin/1980
- An artisan of daily life: Charles Burnett / Catherine Arnaud and Yann Lardau/1981
- Life drawings: Charles Burnett's realism / Monona Wali/1988
- The house of spirits / Samir Hachem/1989
- The long-distance runner: Charles Burnett's quiet revolution / Lynell George/1990
- The black familiar / Lisa Kennedy/1990
- Interview with Charles Burnett / Michel Cieutat and Michel Ciment/1990
- An interview with Charles Burnett / Berenice Reynaud/1991
- One on one: Charles Burnett and Charles Lane / Charles Burnett and Charles Lane/1991
- The house I live in: an interview with Charles Burnett / Aida A. Hozic/1994
- An explorer of the black mind looks back, but not in anger / Michael Sragow/1995
- Burnett looks back / Amy Taubin/1995
- Violence sells: so they're telling Charles Burnett / Wolf Schneider/1995
- Above it all: Charles Burnett puts black power in subtle films / Gary Dauphin/1997
- Talking with Charles Burnett / Sojin Kim and R. Mark Livengood/1998
- Invisible man / Terrence Rafferty/2001
- Set this house on fire: Nat Turner's second coming / Gerald Peary/2001
- Warming by the devil's fire: director interview / Charles Burnett/2003
- Charles Burnett / Doug Cummings/2003
- Independent lens: Charles Burnett / Scott Foundas/2006
- Shadow of Watts, in the light / Dave Kehr/2007
- A vision of Watts still frozen in time / Mary McNamara/2007
- This bitter earth /
- James Ponsoldt/2007
- A conversation with Charles Burnett / David Lowery/2007
- Charles Burnett's Namibia premieres at the 2007 LAFF / Diane Sippl/2007
- Charles Burnett celebrates a milestone / Susan Gerhard/2007
- Blues people / James Bell/2008.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-01020-8
- 9786613010209
- 1-60473-950-9
- OCLC:
- 704350078
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