Walter Hill

The Cinema of a Hollywood Maverick

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by Wayne Byrne

Type

Biographies

Subject

Director > Walter Hill

Keywords

Walter Hill, director

Publishing date

2022

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 216 pages
7 x 10 inches (18 x 25.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4766-8810-7

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Book Presentation:
This is a comprehensive journey through the long career of auteur Hollywood filmmaker Walter Hill, director of The Driver, The Warriors, Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs., Streets of Fire and many more. The book covers every motion picture that Hill directed, with historical detail and critical commentary on each, and discusses Hill’s overall cultural relevance and industrial impact. It includes candid conversations with Hill; producer Larry Gordon; actors Nicholas Guest, William Sadler and Michael Paré; cinematographers Lloyd Ahern and Matthew Leonetti; composers Van Dyke Parks and David Mansfield; screenwriter Larry Gross, and others who worked with Hill throughout his prolific career.

About the Author:
Wayne Byrne is an Irish author and film historian. He has written on film and music culture for a variety of notable publications and on subjects such as Tom DiCillo, Burt Reynolds, Nick McLean, Elm Street, and Walter Hill.

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