"Gavin Lambert's "On Cukor" provides the perfect conjunction of
author and subject. The author of "The Slide Area" and "Inside
Daisy Clover" has interviewed the director of "The Philadelphia
Story" and "A Star is Born," interspersing Cukor's own comments
with shrewdly illuminating remarks of his own. The result is very
far from being a conventional "movie interview" book. It is an act
of Boswellian dedication by a graceful and witty writer in honor of
an equally graceful and witty filmmaker."--the "New York Times Book
Review"
"It is above all about a professional by a professional. To hear
Cukor speak of his craft is refreshing and even challenging . . .
Lambert has portrayed the man in his setting, captured the
tonalities of his voice, has not limited himself to questions,
establishing the kind of dramatic tension which Cukor himself
appreciated and handled . . . There will be other studies of George
Cukor but Lambert's will not be supplanted."--"Los Angeles
Times"
"Gavin Lambert's "On Cukor provides the perfect conjunction of
author and subject. The author of "The Slide Area and "Inside Daisy
Clover has interviewed the director of "The Philadelphia Story and
"A Star is Born, interspersing Cukor's own comments with shrewdly
illuminating remarks of his own. The result is very far from being
a conventional "movie interview" book. It is an act of Boswellian
dedication by a graceful and witty writer in honor of an equally
graceful and witty filmmaker."--the "New York Times Book Review
"It is above all about a professional by a professional. To hear
Cukor speak of his craft is refreshing and even challenging . . .
Lambert has portrayed the man in his setting, captured the
tonalities of his voice, has not limited himself to questions,
establishing the kind of dramatic tension which Cukor himself
appreciated and handled . . . There will be other studies of George
Cukor but Lambert's will not be supplanted."--"Los Angeles Times
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