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The first biography of Bergman in 40 years, containing exclusive extracts from workbooks and letters.

An informal yet informed journey through the classic works of Japanese cinema and their directors.

How to explain the enduring appeal of the The Godfather film and its two sequels? This book, The Godfather, concentrates on the elements that combined, against all odds, to make the Paramount production so successful when it appeared in 1972: the screenplay from Mario Puzo's bestselling novel;

NEZNÁMÁ FAKTA A DOKUMENTY KE KULTOVNÍMU FILMU. Film Kmotr se řadí mezi ty absolutně nejúspěšnější. Jak si vysvětlit popularitu, která trvá již celá desetiletí? Renomovaný filmový historik Peter Cowie se věnuje všem možným aspektům, které se musely sladit, aby byl se Coppolův snímek prosadil do takové míry. V knize najdete mnoho fotografií z archivu Paramountu, které nebyly nikdy předtím publikovány. Dále také stránky originálního scénáře s poznámkami tvůrců, informace ze zákulisí či další osudy herců. Cowie zkoumá proces natáčení, stejně jako kritické přijetí filmu po vydání.

How to explain the enduring appeal of "The Godfather", and its two sequels? This book focuses on the elements that combined, against all odds, to make it successful when it appeared in 1972: the screenplay from Mario Puzo's novel; the vivid locations in New York and Sicily; and the inspired direction of Francis Ford Coppola.

No international author knows the Berlinale quite like British journalist Peter Cowie. In this book, released on the occasion of the 60th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2010, he looks back to the past while shining a spotlight on the extraordinary present-day vitality of the festival. Starting with the first Berlinale in 1951 at the Titania Palast in Steglitz, which opened with Hitchcock’s REBECCA; through the first appointed international jury in 1956, the heated political discussions of the early 70s, the establishment of the International Forum of New Cinema and the Berlinale’s transfer from summer to February (1978); all the way to the festival’s relocation to Potsdamer Platz in 2000 and the innovations that came under the festival’s only four Directors. Peter Cowie also wonders what the film festival of the future will look like and he presents a thorough and entertaining look into the individual sections and initiatives of the Berlinale, a festival that is much more than just one of the world’s most important film competitions and the Red Carpet.

Als Louise Brooks 1985 fast achtzigjährig in Rochester, New York, starb, war ihr Name gerade erst wieder zum Begriff geworden - unter Cineasten und Feministinnen. Ihr Ruf als femme fatale Hollywoods datierte aus den Tagen der Stummfilmzeit, und ihren letzten von insgesamt 24 Filmen hatte sie 1938 gedreht. Dann war es jahrzehntelang still um sie geworden. Louise Brooks' Wiederentdeckung als ebenso charismatischer wie eigenwilliger Star des Kinos der Goldenen Zwanziger Jahre und ihre Stilisierung zur Ikone verdankt sie letztlich ihrem Haarschnitt, ihrer Widerspenstigkeit und einem 1929 in Berlin entstandenen Film: Die Büchse der Pandora, in dem sie unter der Regie von G. W. Pabst und neben Fritz Kortner die Lulu spielt. Ende der 70er Jahre zeigte die Pariser Cinémathèque eine restaurierte Kopie dieser Wedekind-Verfilmung; das war die Geburtsstunde eines Mythos, einer Kultfigur, des unsterblichen Lulu-Looks. Der renommierte englische Filmhistoriker Peter Cowie, ehemaliger Chefredakteur des Magazins Variety, Heraus-geber des International Film Guide und Autor zahlreicher Biographien u. a. von John Ford, Francis F. Coppola und Ingmar Bergman, liefert in Lulu forever die historischen und biographischen Fakten zum Mythos Louise Brooks - eine opulent bebilderte chronique scandaleuse der verführerischen Kindfrau mit schwarzem Bubikopf, die für Hollywood zu intelligent war und dem deutschen Stummfilm letzten Glanz verlieh.

In the 1960s, film-makers including Godard, Truffaut, Pasolini and Bertolucci, Oshima and Forman, and Polanski and Cassavetes emerged to challenge the conformity and taboos of the 50s. This title recaptures the cultural mood of the period through interviews with key talents of the time.

The production of Francis Coppola's Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now was the stuff of legend. A multi-million dollar 'personal project' recasting America's heinous war in the mode of Conrad's Heart of Darkness, it was several years in the making, shot on location in the Philippines amid horrendous weather and with numerous changes of key personnel. Finally screened (as a 'work-in-progress') at Cannes in 1979, it won the Palme d'Or, giving Coppola the opportunity to rail against the world's press for their reportage of the film's stormy gestation. Peter Cowie was granted unprecedented access to Coppola's private archives of the film's production, and this book reconstructs the whole extraordinary story.

Long in the shadow of its Nordic neighbours where film is concerned, Norway has emerged into the bright sunlight of international acclaim for films like "Junk Mail", "Insomnia", "The Other Side of Sunday", "Eggs", and now "Only Clouds Move the Stars". Peter Cowie has followed the renaissance in Norwegian cinema since the early 1970s, and in this lavishly-illustrated volume he describes the themes and the personalities involved. From studies of youngsters to historical epics, from comedies to experimental works, the Norwegian feature film offers a rich palette of styles and subject-matter. For anyone interested in European cinema, this book will provide a fascinating companion to one of the continent's most adventurous and courageous film industries. Introduction; Blazing the Trail; Rites of Youthful Passage; Learning from History and Politics; The Lure of Literature; Dissecting Society - Often with a Smile; Held in Suspense; Pushing the Envelope; Norwegian Feature Films 1971-1999; Index to Films Cited in the Text; Directors Cited in the Text