Shadows & Light: Journeys with Outlaws in Revolutionary Hollywood

by Gary Warner Kent

This book illuminates the "reel" revolution that started in 1960 with director John Cassavetes' work. It is written by writer/director, actor, stuntman, special effects guru, production manager Gary... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0981744370
• ISBN13: 9780981744377
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Dalton Publishing
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating, fast-paced and funny

Kent's chronicle of the rise of indie filmmaking in the '60s and '70s is a constant delight. Real page-turning prose snaps and pops with wry humor and hard-won wisdom and sometimes both at once such as "Outlaw Rule #1--Don't put your pistol in another man's holster!" Destined to become a textbook for guerilla filmmakers, "Shadows and Light" enlightens with real life lessons in overcoming impossible odds with sheer creativity. My favorite tip: When your horror director must have melting faces, use powdered Alka-Seltzer under heavy pancack makeup; when you put the actors under those hot lights and they begin to sweat, voila, instant ooze.Shadows & Light: Journeys With Outlaws in Revolutionary Hollywood

Journeys with outlaws in the 60s independent film scene.

Gary Kent's "Shadows And Light : Journeys With Outlaws In Revolutionary Hollywood is a real look at the independent film scene in the 60s and 70s. As a stuntman,actor ,writer and director Gary Kent was involved with Jack Nicholson, Al Adamson, Peter Bogdanovich , and Ray Dennis Steckler .Kent's book will definitely keep you interested in a wild story. From run ins with with the Mansion family to funny stories about movie making in an era that produced some classic drive-in movies.A great book for people who love the movies that came out of this time.

A real look at the independent film scene

Gary Kent was there working alongside Jack Nicholson, Monte Hellman, Al Adamson, Peter Bogdanovich and Ray Dennis Steckler in classic independent films of the '60s and '70s. In this book he throws you into the scene and makes it come alive. This is a must-have book for film fans and anyone how wants to know what it's like to live out on the edge and survive it all with a knowing grin.