The Men Who Made the Movies: Interviews with Frank Capra, George Cukor, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Vincente Minnelli, King Vidor, Raoul Walsh, an

By Richard Schickel

Book Overview

Mr. Schickel takes on eight of Hollywood's finest directors in conversation-Hitchcock, Capra, Minnelli, Cukor, Hawks, Wellman, Vidor, and Walsh-reminiscing about their working lives which spanned the most intriguing decades of American filmmaking. Each of these directors created a canon of work that even today sustains critical analysis without sacrificing popular appeal. "Immensely readable and richly informative...it provides a real education in just how movies are made....One of the best introductions to the cinema that one could ask for."-Library Journal.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566633745
• ISBN13: 9781566633741
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"