The director within : storytellers of stage and screen / / photographs and text by Rose Eichenbaum ; edited by Aron Hirt-Manheimer ; Richard Hendel, design

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460231003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 0-8195-7494-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (475 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.02/32092273
• Soggetti: Theatrical producers and directors - United States; Motion picture producers and directors - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword -- Preface -- Peter Bogdanovich -- Arthur Hiller -- Mark Rydell -- Rob Marshall -- Kathleen Marshall -- Doug Hughes -- Julie Taymor -- Gary Ross -- Rod Lurie -- Robert Benton -- Paul Mazursky -- Reginald Hudlin -- James Burrows -- Jay Sandrich -- James L. Brooks -- Mira Nair -- Michael Apted -- Joseph Cedar -- Emily Mann -- Michael Mayer -- Susan Stroman -- Mel Brooks -- Hal Prince -- Walter Hill -- John Landis -- Barry Levinson -- John Carpenter -- Lesli Linka Glatter -- Jonathan Frakes -- Brett Ratner -- Richard Donner -- Lawrence Kasdan -- Tim Van Patten -- Taylor Hackford -- Robert Towne.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Rose Eichenbaum's latest book on the confluence of art making and human expression, she sits down with thirty-five modern day storytellers-the directors of theater, film, and television. Eichenbaum's subjects speak with revealing clarity about the entertainment industry, the role and life of the director, and how theatrical and cinematic storytelling impacts our culture and our lives. The Director Within includes interviews with Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show), Julie Taymor (The Lion King), Mel Brooks (Blazing Saddles), Tim Van Patten (The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire), Hal Prince (