Who the Devil Made It: Conversations with ...“A must have for any film nut.”—Details Peter Bogdanovich, award-winning director, screenwriter, actor and critic, interviews 16 legendary directors over a 15-year period. Their richly illuminating conversations combine to make this a riveting chronicle of Hollywood and picture making. Join him in conversations with: Robert Aldrich • George Cukor • Allan Dwan • Howard Hanks • Alfred Hitchcock • Chuck Jones • Fritz Lang • Joseph H. Lewis • Sidney Lumet • Leo McCarey • Otto Preminger • Don Siegel • Josef von Sternberg • Frank Tashlin • Edgar G. Ulmer • Raoul Walsh NOTE: This edition does not include photographs. Praise for Who the Devil Made It “Illuminating . . . These were (and sometimes are: a few yet breathe) men rooted in history as much as in Hollywood. Their collected memories make the past look fearfully rich beside a present that is poverty-stricken in everything except money.”—The New Yorker “Bogdanovich is one of America’s finest writers on the cinema. . . . Thank goodness [his] Who the Devil Made It has come along to remind us that films and writing about film were, at one time, focused on the work and not strictly on the bottom line.”—The Boston Globe “A treasure trove on the craft of directing.”—Newsday “Monumental . . . The directors’ reminiscences about technique, working methods, sources of ideas, and relationships with actors and studios are thoroughly entertaining.”—Publishers Weekly “A fine achievement that helps illuminate the art and craft of some remarkable directors . . . There are plenty of revealing anecdotes.”—Kirkus Reviews |
Contents
2RAOUL WALSH | |
3FRITZ LANG | |
4JOSEF VON STERNBERG | |
5HOWARD HAWKS | |
6LEO McCAREY | |
7GEORGE CUKOR | |
11JOSEPH H LEWIS | |
12CHUCK JONES | |
13DON SIEGEL | |
14FRANK TASHLIN | |
15ROBERT ALDRICH | |
16SIDNEY LUMET | |
Acknowledgments | |
AbbreviationsUsed in Filmographies | |
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Who the Devil Made it: Conversations with Robert Aldrich [and Others] Peter Bogdanovich No preview available - 1998 |
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