Fifty contemporary film directors / / edited by Yvonne Tasker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785395903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-136-91945-7; 1-136-91946-5; 1-282-88252-X; 9786612882524; 0-203-84434-3
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (494 p.)
• Collana: Routledge key guides
• Altri autori (Persone): TaskerYvonne <1964->
• Disciplina: 791.43023/30922; B
• Soggetti: Motion picture producers and directors; Motion picture industry
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes filmography.; Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES ON THE TEXT; INTRODUCTION: Authorship in contemporary film culture and criticism; PEDRO ALMODÓVAR; WES ANDERSON; AOYAMA SHINJI; GREGG ARAKI; LUC BESSON; KATHRYN BIGELOW; CHARLES BURNETT; TIM BURTON; JAMES CAMERON; JANE CAMPION; GURINDER CHADHA; JACKIE CHAN; THE COEN BROTHERS; SOFIA COPPOLA; DAVID CRONENBERG; JULIE DASH; GUILLERMO DEL TORO; ATOM EGOYAN; DAVID FINCHER; HAL HARTLEY; TODD HAYNES; PETER JACKSON; JIM JARMUSCH; NEIL JORDAN; AKI KAURISMÄKI; ABBAS KIAROSTAMI; ANG LEE; SPIKE LEE; DAVID LYNCHMICHAEL MANN; SHANE MEADOWS; HAYAO MIYAZAKI; MICHAEL MOORE; MIRA NAIR; FRANÇOIS OZON; PARK CHAN-WOOK; SALLY POTTER; JOHN SAYLES; MARTIN SCORSESE; STEVEN SODERBERGH; TODD SOLONDZ; STEVEN SPIELBERG; OLIVER STONE; QUENTIN TARANTINO; LARS VON TRIER; GUS VAN SANT; WONG KAR-WAI; JOHN WOO; ZHANG YIMOU; ZHANG YUAN; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Fifty Contemporary Film Directors examines the work of some of today's most popular and influential cinematic figures. It provides an accessible overview of each director's contribution to cinema, incorporating a discussion of their career, major works and impact. Revised throughout and with twelve new entries, this second edition is an up-to-date introduction to some of the most prominent film makers of the present day. The directors, from differing backgrounds and working across a range of genres, include:Martin ScorseseSteven SpielbergSofia Coppola