Explores the origin and development of classic American films with the screenwriters who composed these great works.
WILLIAM BAER has taught film and screenwriting at the University of Evansville for the past fifteen years. He is currently the film critic at Crisis, and for years his work has appeared regularly in Creative Screenwriting. A recent Guggenheim recipient (2007), he has also received a Fulbright (Portugal) and an N.E.A. Creative Writing Grant in fiction. His twelve books include Elia Kazan: Interviews.
Some of the most acclaimed American films are highlighted with
lively production anecdotes and firsthand thematic reflections,
including Singing in the Rain, On the Waterfront, The Sound of
Music, The Sting, and Tender Mercies. A walk through cinematic
history, guided by its major writers.
*First Things*
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