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Screen Epiphanies
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Introduction.- Kevin Macdonald, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.- Paul Schrader, Pickpocket.- Anthony Minghella, The Blue Angel.- Danny Boyle, Apocalypse Now.- Gurinder Chadha, Purab Aur Pachhim.- Mike Leigh, Room at the Top.- Mike Hodges, The Sweet Smell of Success .- Thomas Vinterberg, Hearts Of Darkness.- Albert Maysles, Not a film, people.- Sally Potter, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday.- Nick Park, Rebecca.- Alan Parker, Little Fugitive.- Manoel De Oliveira, Berlin, Symphony of a City.- Don Boyd, Hamlet.- David Puttnam, Pinocchio.- Frank Darabont, THX1138.- Lars Von Trier, Barry Lyndon.- Atom Egoyan, Persona.- Barbet Schroeder, Voyage to Italy.- Bertrand Tavernier, Fort Apache.- Mike Newell, La Grande Illusion.- Ken Loach, The Fireman's Ball.- Michael Apted, Wild Strawberries.- Jeremy Thomas, Badlands.- Abbas Kiarostami, Eight and a Half.- Stephen Frears, Meeting Karel Reisz.- Terence Davies, Doris Day.- Aki Kaurismäki, Nanook of the North.- Mike Figgis, Weekend.- Mira Nair, La Jetée.- Stephen Woolley, Zulu .- Martin Scorsese, The Red Shoes.

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'Kudos to film writer Geoffrey Macnab for allowing a simple premise to blossom with such varied, interesting results...We are treated to insights into early lives, learn about how cinema was consumed in bygone decades, become intrigued about films we may have never heard of before, and gain insights into inspirations - often not the ones you'd expect.' - Empire 'Screen Epiphanies is a thought-provoking and often moving insight into the creative process and the way in which artists are inspired by each other's work, but also into the centrality of cinema in all our lives and its power to change our ambitions and how we see the world around us' - Sight& Sound 'Geoffrey Macnab's Screen Epiphanies has the ingenious notion of asking a wide range of filmmakers to recall their first taste of cinema and the impact it made on them' - The Sunday Herald 'Screen Epiphanies is full of such moving narratives. Collaboratively, they create a charming, jigsawed film history.' The Independent 'The choices are many and varied, but what stands out is a deep love of the cinema-going experience...' - Edinburgh Evening News 'Screen Epiphanies is handsomely produced, with a flattering photograph of each interviewee opening the entry, and stills from favoured movies intespersed throughout. Macnab's introductions are fluid and concise, primarily biographical but also interested in capturing a flash of personality or physique.' - Mark Kamine, Times Literary Supplement

About the Author

GEOFFREY MACNAB is a freelance journalist and author based in London. He is the UK correspondent for 'Screen International' and also writes for the Guardian, the Independent and Sight& Sound. His books include J Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry (1994), Searching for Stars: Stardom and Screen Acting in British Cinema (2000), The Making of Taxi Driver (2006) and Ingmar Bergman: The Life and Films of the Last Great European Director (2009).

Reviews

Kudos to film writer Geoffrey Macnab for allowing a simple premise to blossom with such varied, interesting results…We are treated to insights into early lives, learn about how cinema was consumed in bygone decades, become intrigued about films we may have never heard of before, and gain insights into inspirations – often not the ones you'd expect.
*Empire*

Epiphanies is a thought-provoking and often moving insight into the creative process and the way in which artists are inspired by each other's work, but also into the centrality of cinema in all our lives and its power to change our ambitions and how we see the world around us
*Sight& Sound*

Geoffrey Macnab's Screen Epiphanies has the ingenious notion of asking a wide range of filmmakers to recall their first taste of cinema and the impact it made on them
*The Sunday Herald*

Screen Epiphanies is full of such moving narratives. Collaboratively, they create a charming, jigsawed film history.
*The Independent*

The choices are many and varied, but what stands out is a deep love of the cinema-going experience...
*Edinburgh Evening News*

Screen Epiphanies is handsomely produced, with a flattering photograph of each interviewee opening the entry, and stills from favoured movies intespersed throughout. Macnab's introductions are fluid and concise, primarily biographical but also interested in capturing a flash of personality or physique.
*Mark Kamine*

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