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Woody Allen : A Life in Film by Richard Schickel (2003, Hardcover)
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- 9781566635288
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dee Publisher, Ivan R.
ISBN-10
1566635284
ISBN-13
9781566635288
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2492261
Product Key Features
Book Title
Woody Allen : Alife in Film
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Film / General, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts)
Publication Year
2003
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
7.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-055112
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"...This book also offers new, tasty, nutritious stuff for Woody loyalists to savor." --Owen McNally, Hartford Courant "This is an urbane and readable work and will be of great interest to avid Allen fans..." --Andrea Slonosky, Library Journal "Even those who have lost who have lost patience with Allen's recent efforts will want to read what he has to say about his 1970s masterworks." --Gordon Flagg, Booklist "As usual, Richard Schickel has nailed his subject, and this time his subject is a particularly hard one to nail." --Jeanine Basinger, film historian and author of The Movie Musical "Witty, surprising, important (but never self-important), and-best of all-moving...a compact but very real treasure...graceful and perceptive...wonderful." --Steven Bach "Clearly, Allen is comfortable talking to Schickel...a brisk read." -- Chicago Tribune "The author pleads a strong case that as a gifted writer and actor of limited range, Woody Allen deserves a more prominent position in the motion picture arts." -- Foreword Reviews "...Thoughtful, critical insights into Allen's screen works." -- Newport News Press "...Fascinating biography of a giant in film..." -- Forecast "Schickel is a thoughtful observer and critic, a lively writer...." -- Virginia Quarterly Review "Schickel may well be the smartest, most practiced and least axe-grinding interviewer Allen has ever had." -- The Buffalo News "A breezy, readable entry to Allen's vast bibliography...with an excellent Introduction and Afterword." --Richard A. Blake, America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture, As usual, Richard Schickel has nailed his subject, and this time his subject is a particularly hard one to nail., Witty, surprising, important (but never self-important), and "best of all "moving...a compact but very real treasure...graceful and perceptive...wonderful., A breezy, readable entry to Allen's vast bibliography...with an excellent Introduction and Afterword., Witty, surprising, important (but never self-important), and--best of all--moving...a compact but very real treasure...graceful and perceptive...wonderful., The author pleads a strong case that as a gifted writer and actor of limited range, Woody Allen deserves a more prominent position in the motion picture arts., Schickel may well be the smartest, most practiced and least axe-grinding interviewer Allen has ever had., Even those who have lost who have lost patience with Allen's recent efforts will want to read what he has to say about his 1970s masterworks.
Dewey Decimal
791.43/092
Table Of Content
Part 1 A Note on the Text xi Part 2 Introduction: Woody in the Afternoon 3 Part 3 The Interview 71 Part 4 Afterword 171 Part 5 Filmography 180 Part 6 Index 206
Synopsis
This book reprints a four-hour conversation between Mr. Schickel and Mr. Allen and includes a long essay of introduction by Mr. Schickel, which places Woody Allen's entire career in critical perspective, as well as a complete filmography. Readers will find Mr. Allen's reflections on his major preoccupations--the battle of the sexes; the conflict between reality and fantasy in his major films; mortality, religion, and the role that chance plays in the unfolding of our lives. The book also offers insights into Mr. Allen's working methods as a writer and the growth of his skills as a director., In an unprecedented television program last year, Woody Allen spoke to the camera for the first time about the entire range of his work, in an interview with Richard Schickel, the distinguished film critic and historian. Mr. Allen talked about how he does it, why he does it, its roots in his early life, and his current thinking about the state of his art. The result Woody Allen: A Life in Film, was one of the most popular and critically acclaimed programs in the history of Turner Classic Movies. But the presentation contained only a small fraction of Mr. Schickel's four-hour interview with the famed writer-director-actor. This new book reprints the complete conversation between the two men and includes a long essay of introduction by Mr. Schickel, which places Woody Allen's entire career in critical perspective. Readers will find Mr. Allen's reflections on his major preoccupations--the battle of the sexes; the conflict between reality and fantasy in his major films; mortality, religion, and the role that chance plays in the unfolding of our lives. The book also offers insights into Mr. Allen's working methods as a writer and the growth of his skills as a director, as well as his assessment of himself as an actor and his surprising views of his long life in the public eye. Brief but sharply honed, Woody Allen: A Life in Film is an essential book for anyone seeking to understand the life and times of one of the most important and least understood American filmmakers of our era., In an unprecedented television program last year, Woody Allen spoke to the camera for the first time about the entire range of his work, in an interview with Richard Schickel, the distinguished film critic and historian. Mr. Allen talked about how he does it, why he does it, its roots in his early life, and his current thinking about the state of his art. The result Woody Allen: A Life in Film , was one of the most popular and critically acclaimed programs in the history of Turner Classic Movies. But the presentation contained only a small fraction of Mr. Schickel's four-hour interview with the famed writer-director-actor. This new book reprints the complete conversation between the two men and includes a long essay of introduction by Mr. Schickel, which places Woody Allen's entire career in critical perspective. Readers will find Mr. Allen's reflections on his major preoccupations-the battle of the sexes; the conflict between reality and fantasy in his major films; mortality, religion, and the role that chance plays in the unfolding of our lives. The book also offers insights into Mr. Allen's working methods as a writer and the growth of his skills as a director, as well as his assessment of himself as an actor and his surprising views of his long life in the public eye. Brief but sharply honed, Woody Allen: A Life in Film is an essential book for anyone seeking to understand the life and times of one of the most important and least understood American filmmakers of our era.
LC Classification Number
PN1998.3.A45A5 2003
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