Tony Williams

Larry Cohen

The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker, rev. ed.

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Produktbeschreibung

Now in a revised edition, this book is the only published study devoted to Larry Cohen and his significance as a great American filmmaker. The first edition is long out of print and often sought after. This edition covers all the director's films, television work and screenplays, and contains an updated interview with the director as well as interviews with his colleagues Janelle Webb Cohen, Michael Moriarty and James Dixon. The filmography and bibliography are also updated.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 713g
• ISBN-13: 9780786479696
• ISBN-10: 0786479698
• Artikelnr.: 41120466

Autorenporträt

Tony Williams is a professor of cinema studies at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: A Career Study 1.
What Makes Cohen Unique 2.
Early Work in New York Television 3.
Early Work in Hollywood Television 4.
Screenplays and Teleplays of the 1970s 5.
First Films as Director, Producer, and Writer 6.
Directorial Achievements in the 1970s 7.
Social Comedy Brings in the 1980s 8.
New York Independent Productions 9.
Parody and Satire 10.
Screenplays of the 1980s and 1990s 11.
Theatrical Work 12.
Film and Television Work in the 1990s-and Beyond Part Two: Interviews with and About Cohen 13.
Cohen on Cohen 14.
Janelle Webb Cohen on Cohen 15.
Michael Moriarty on Cohen 16.
James Dixon on Cohen 17.
Cohen on Guerrilla Filmmaking Appendix A.
The Television and Film Credits of Larry Cohen Appendix B.
The Theatrical Work of Larry Cohen Appendix C.
The Strange Case of "Coronet Blue" Chapter Notes Selected Bibliography Index