Reel Conversations: Candid Interviews with Film's Foremost Directors and Critics

386 Pages·1991·21.086 MB·English

by  George Hickenlooper

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Reel Conversations

Reel Conversations
CANDID INTERVIEWS WITH FILM’S FOREMOST
DIRECTORS AND CRITICS
George Hickenlooper
A Citadel Press Book
Published by Carol Publishing Group
Copyright © 1991 by George Hickenlooper
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form,
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The interview with David Cronenberg appeared in slightly different form
in Cineaste, Vol. XVII, No. 2.
Portions of the interview with Louis Malle previously appeared in
Cineaste, Vol. XVIII, No. 2.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hickenlooper, George.
Reel conversations : candid interviews with film’s foremost
directors and critics / by George Hickenlooper.
p. cm.
"A Citadel Press book."
ISBN 0-8065-1237-7
1. Motion pictures. 2. Motion picture producers and directors--
Interviews. 3. Film critics-Interviews. I. ,Title.
PN1994.H48 1991
791.43--dc20 91-13145
CIP
For Suzie and Franklin
and in memory of
John Linck
(1964-1986)

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Foreword xi
I. The Americanization of Auteur
Andrew Sarris 3
Martin Scorsese 17
Francis Coppola 34
Peter Bogdanovich 49
Dennis Hopper 63
Michael Cimino 76
David Lynch 90
II. Politics and Aesthetics in American Film
Costa-Gavras 107
Oliver Stone 121
Barry Levinson 139
Stanley Kramer 151
Robert Wise 166
John Milius 181
Richard Schickel 198
vii
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III. The New Transatlantic Cinema
Stephen Frears 217
Wim Wenders 231
Ken Russell 243
Paul Verhoeven 255
Louis Malle 269
Annette Insdorf 286
IV. The Rising Respectability of the B־Movie
John Sayles 301
David Cronenberg 314
John Carpenter 329
George Romero 344
Roger Ebert 357
About The Author 371