Paul on Mazursky

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by Sam Wasson

Type

Interviews

Subject

Director > Paul Mazursky

Keywords

Paul Mazursky, director, actor, screenwriter

Publishing date

2011

Publisher

Wesleyan University Press

Collection

Wesleyan Film

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 348 pages
6 x 9 ½ inches (15.5 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-0-8195-7143-4

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Book Presentation:
Conversations with one of America's funniest filmmakers

Paul Mazursky's nearly twenty films as writer/director represent Hollywood's most sustained comic expression of the 1970s and 1980s. But they have not been given their due, perhaps because Mazursky's films--both sincere and ridiculous, realistic and romantic--are pure emotion. This makes films like Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, An Unmarried Woman, and Enemies, A Love Story difficult to classify, but that's what makes a human comedy human. In the first ever book-length examination of one of America's most important and least appreciated filmmakers, Sam Wasson sits down with Mazursky himself to talk about his movies and how he makes them. Going over Mazursky's oeuvre one film at a time, interviewer and interviewee delve into the director's life in and out of Hollywood, laughing, talking, and above all else, feeling--like Mazursky's people always do. The book includes a filmography and never-before-seen photos.

About the Author:
SAM WASSON is the New York Times-bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, 5AM: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman, and A Splurch in the Kisser: The Movies of Blake Edwards. He is working on a biography of Bob Fosse.

Press Reviews:
“…Paul on Mazursky…reminds us that Mazursky’s varied talents add up to a memorable legacy of filmmaking.”—Benjamin Ivry, The Forward Blog

“…this book provides a fresh, innovative paradigm for biographical studies. … Grab this book and a large cup of coffee, find an oversized stuffed chair, and slip into the funny heart of another human being.”—

“…this book provides a fresh, innovative paradigm for biographical studies. … Grab this book and a large cup of coffee, find an oversized stuffed chair, and slip into the funny heart of another human being.”—T. Lindvall, Choice

See the publisher website: Wesleyan University Press

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