Film Culture on Film Art: Interviews and Statements, 1955-1971 (hardback)

Film Culture on Film Art: Interviews and Statements, 1955-1971by R. J. Cardullo438 pages6x9 sizeISBN 9798887710853FILM CULTUREJanuary, 1955 Volume 1 No. 1“Film Culture” on Film Art: Interviews and Statements, 1955-1971 brings together nineteen directors—Aldrich, Antonioni, Brakhage, Breer, Buñuel, Cukor, Dassin, Dreyer, Fellini, Huston, Leacock, Lubitsch, Melville, Milestone, Pasolini, Richter, Rossellini, Sternberg, and Vertov—who are among the leading auteurs in the history of cinema. Also included, in an appendix, are interviews with the cinematographer Boris Kaufman, the screenwriter Charles Spaak, and the playwright Arthur Miller. The interviews were all commissioned for the legendary American movie journal Film Culture, which was founded by Adolfas Mekas and his brother Jonas in 1954 and became best known for exploring the avant-garde cinema in depth. (Film Culture ceased publication in 1996; during its existence, the magazine produced 79 issues.)Conducted in Film Culture’s famou