Projections 11

New York Filmakers on New York Film-making

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Edited by John Boorman

Type

Interviews

Subject

Countries > United States

Keywords

New York

Publishing date

2001

Publisher

Faber & Faber

Collection

Projections

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 332 pages
6 x 9 inches (15.5 x 23 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

0-571-20591-7
978-0-571-20591-2

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Book Presentation:
Why live and work as a film-maker in New York rather than Hollywood? The birthplace of US cinema, New York has played a hugely influential role in its evolution – particularly in the realm of more personal, ‘independent’ film-making of figures from Sam Fuller to John Cassavetes. Now Projections 11 seeks to answer Mike Figgis’ Los Angeles issue Projections 10 by interviewing film-makers who base themselves in New York, creating an East coast alternative to Hollywood. Tod Lippy speaks to Spike Lee, Jim Jarmusch, Sidney Lumet, Christine Vachon, David O. Russell, Nora Ephron, Tim Robbins, Frances McDormand, and many others.

About the Author:
John Boorman was born in London in 1933. After working as a film reviewer for magazines and radio, he joined the BBC in 1955 as an assistant editor, and later directed a number of documentaries. His first feature was ‘Catch Us If You Can’ in 1965. His latest film, Country of My Skull, opens in 2003. He is a five-time…

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