Film World

Film World brings together key interviews with cinema's leading directors. The directors chosen represent many of the most influential film-makers of the last 50 years. All have been selected because of their cinematic vision, because they have a particular way of seeing the world and of filming it. All have created a body of work which is both hugely popular and critically acclaimed. This truly global range of directors hails from Australia, Britain, China and Hong Kong, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, North America, Poland, and Russia. Together, these illuminating interviews reveal how these visionary directors create images which speak to audiences the world over. The interviews are with: Bernardo Bertolucci, John Boorman, Robert Bresson, Jane Campion, John Cassavetes, David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan, Federico Fellini, Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Greenaway, Werner Herzog, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wong Kar-wei, Aki Kaurismaki, Abbas Kiarostami, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Takeshi Kitano, Im Kwon-taek, Mike Leigh, Manoel de Oliveira, Satyajit Ray, Martin Scorsese, Andrei Tarkovsky, Lars von Trier, Zhang Yimou

ISBN 1845204581   Pages 384 ISBN13 9781845204587 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher A & C Black Publishers Ltd   Weight (grammes) 737 Imprint Berg Publishers   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Series ISSN 1744-990 Publication date 01 May 2009   Series title Talking Images Translator Julie Rose   Height (mm) 244 Library of Congress 2009011737   Width (mm) 172 DEWEY 791.4301   Spine width (mm) 18 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education

		Introduction		1
1		Bernardo Berrolucci		7
2		John Boorman		21
3		Robert Bresson		35
4		Jane Campion		53
5		John Cassavetes		69
6		David Cronenberg		83
7		Atom Egoyan		103
8		Federico Fellini		113
9		Jean-Luc Godard		123
10		Peter Greenaway		141
11		Werner Herzog		157
12		Hou Hsiao-hsien		175
13		Wong Kar-wai		185
14		Aki Kaurismaki		199
15		Abbas Kiarosrami		207
16		Krzyszrof Kieslowski		221
17		Takeshi Kirano		237
18		Im Kwon-taek		245
19		Mike Leigh		253
20		Manoel de Oliveira		267
21		Satyajit Ray		277
22		Marrin Scorsese		301
23		Andrei Tarkovsky		325
24		Lars von Trier		341
25		Zhang Yimou		351
		Index		363

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