About the Author

Chris Fujiwara's other books include Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall, Defining Moments in Movies: The Greatest Films, Stars, Scenes, and Events That Made Movie Magic (as general editor), and Jerry Lewis. He has written on film for numerous anthologies, magazines, and newspapers.

Reviews

"[A] major contribution to what we know about Preminger--substantially surpassing former efforts." --Jonathan Rosenbaum, Cineaste"Gives Preminger's work the serious and subtle analysis it deserves." --Geoffrey O'Brien, author of The Phantom Empire: Movies in the Mind of the Twentieth Century"Exceptional." --Christopher Hontos, The Rake"A rich, rewarding, unique volume that sets the standard in the study of this key director in the history of American cinema." --Dana Polan, Professor of Cinema Studies, New York University"It's clear early on that Fujiwara 'gets' [Preminger] . . . [He] is a serious and valuable critic [and] does an excellent job of directing us back to the movies." --Robert Horton, Film Comment

"[A] major contribution to what we know about Preminger--substantially surpassing former efforts." --Jonathan Rosenbaum, Cineaste"Gives Preminger's work the serious and subtle analysis it deserves." --Geoffrey O'Brien, author of The Phantom Empire: Movies in the Mind of the Twentieth Century"Exceptional." --Christopher Hontos, The Rake"A rich, rewarding, unique volume that sets the standard in the study of this key director in the history of American cinema." --Dana Polan, Professor of Cinema Studies, New York University"It's clear early on that Fujiwara 'gets' [Preminger] . . . [He] is a serious and valuable critic [and] does an excellent job of directing us back to the movies." --Robert Horton, Film Comment