Film Voices

Gerald Duchovnay is Professor of English and Head of the Department of Literature and Languages at Texas A&M University at Commerce. He is general editor of the international film journal Post Script: Essays in Film and the Humanities and author of Humphrey Bogart: A Bio-Bibliography.

"An important work in cinema studies, Film Voices is essential for film and media scholars, students, and serious enthusiasts … Honest, tough, and often edgy, these interviews are some of the best of their kind and offer substantive insights into the filmmaker's art. Never do we feel that these are 'stock' questions nor 'canned' responses but, rather, real people talking about the profession to which they have devoted their lives." — Film and History"Instead of adhering to the usual tendencies to valorize prominent Hollywood figures, this book balances 'mainstream' directors with 'independent' and international voices. And, most innovatively, the book extends the notion of filmmaker beyond directors to include editors, actors, screenwriters, and cinematographers. The interviews provide fascinating insights into each filmmaker's work and his or her views on filmmaking, and they contain a wealth of information about conditions of production, styles of filmmaking, the selection and use of actors, the filmmakers' conceptions of editing, the uses of lighting and color, cinematography, and cultural, political, and aesthetic points of view." — Marcia Landy, author of Italian Film and coeditor of Stars: The Film Reader

• List of IllustrationsPreface Acknowledgments IntroductionGerald Duchovnay PART I. HOLLYWOOD VOICES 1. Robert AltmanLeo Braudy and Robert P. Kolker 2. Francis Ford CoppolaRic Gentry 3. Sydney PollackLeo Braudy and Mark Crispin Miller 4. Clint EastwoodRic Gentry 5. Oliver StoneRic Gentry PART II. INDEPENDENT VOICES 6. Barbara HammerGwendolyn Audrey Foster 7. Robert Downey Sr.Wheeler Winston Dixon 8. Don BluthGerald Duchovnay 9. Jamie BabbitWheeler Winston Dixon PART III. INTERNATIONAL VOICES 10. Paul VerhoevenChris Shea and Wade Jennings 11. Stephen FrearsLester D. Friedman and Scott Stewart 12. Atom EgoyanPeter Harcourt 13. Louis MalleRichard A. Macksey PART IV. BEHIND—AND IN—THE SCENES 14. James WoodsRic Gentry 15. Dede AllenRic Gentry 16. Vittorio StoraroRic Gentry 17. Horton FooteGerald C. Wood List of Contributors Index