With a career spanning over 50 years, he is best known for his work in the suspense, crime and psychological thriller genres. Movies are baked into it the title refers to a book henry fonda is seen reading in the lady eve. I know nothing about the book, i only know the movie, and im a fan. He comes off, not surprisingly, as a very intelligent man and offers insightful remarks about his movies, directing, and cinematic art in general. His prominent films include mainstream box office hits such as carrie 1976, dressed to kill 1980, scarface 1983. Though prolific for the first three decades of his. Documentary javascript is required to load the comments. A remake of vertigo plays a part in the end and it is that film that the book takes its style from.
The recently opened metrograph cinema in new yorks lower east side has a. Interviews when asked about accusations of ripping off hitch for. Don winslows return to california noir the author discusses sociallyengaged crime fiction. His prominent films include mainstream box office hits such as carrie 1976, dressed to kill 1980, scarface 1983, the untouchables 1987, and mission. When the beautiful young videographer offered to join his campaign, senator lee rogers shouldve known better. We spoke to him about his career in movies, the controversy over his depiction of violence and women, the question of whether tv is in the new cinema, and whether any great popular art has been made in the superhero movie genre. I thought science, now that was something really important.
If you are used to your pulp noir being naked bodies and guns, then snakes is not quite for you. The film stars john travolta as jack terry, a movie sound effects technician from philadelphia who, while recording sounds for a lowbudget slasher film, serendipitously captures audio evidence of an assassination involving a presidential hopeful. Samuel blumenfeld has books on goodreads with 420 ratings. The following interview is from cinefantastique magazine. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. He studied physics but at the same time felt his dedication for the movies and made some short films.
A writer friend of his, stephen king, had written it. Because the interviews are from various times and interviewers, there is a fair amount of repetition through it. Cut, cut, cut, he mutters, hustling up the steps toward actress frances sternhagen. The book does have these, but it is more about characterisation and story development. Restlessly he worked on big projects with the script writers paul schrader, john farris and oliver. Books by samuel blumenfeld author of crimes of the educators. Its exactly the trashy, dirty, and sexploitive thriller youd expect from the director of obsession, dressed to kill, and blow out. Interviews how do you balance the needs of modern readers with the details of the past. Brian depalma celebrity profile check out the latest brian depalma photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. A new york city housewife is brutally stabbed to death in an elevator, and the film subsequently follows her psychiatrist, her teenage son and a prostitute who witnessed her murder. In addition, the introduction is poor and mostly consists of a selection of pieces from the interview itself rather than putting them into context. After seven independent productions he had his first success with sisters 1972 and his voyeuristic style.
With margot kidder, jennifer salt, charles durning, william finley. For years he reigned as the master of the macabre, the man who massacred the class of 76 in carrie and stalked angie dickinson in dressed to kill. Henry fonda is seen reading a book called are snakes necessary. Knapp, 9781578065165, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. A movie i saw in 1958, and it had an incredible impression on me way. Brand new interviews with charles hirsch, writerproducer of greetings and hi, mom. It is a great privilege to work with brian and susan on this book, hard case crime. While most blurbs of this sort tend to be little more than empty words from a friend doing a. With a career spanning over 50 years, he is best known for his work in the suspense, psychological thriller, and crime drama genres. The filmmaker even gave an interview in which he effectively washed his hands. Interviews conversations with filmmakers series jan 2, 2003.
I was brought up in the 50s when going to the moon was the most important thing man would ever have to do. It was entered into the 20th berlin international film festival. There were hitchcock references, particularly to vertigo and its symphony of shifting female identities and male voyeurs hopelessly enthralled with sexual illusions. Samuel blumenfelds most popular book is crimes of the educators.
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