Lindsay Anderson

Lindsay Anderson Diaries (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Sutton, Paul

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The extraordinary and revealing diaries of the revolutionary British film and theatre director who became one of the major cultural figures of his time

As a director, critic, writer and actor, Lindsay Anderson established a reputation as one of the most innovative, impassioned and fiercely independent British artists of the twentieth century. In directing films such as If, This Sporting Life and O Lucky Man he championed a new wave of social responsiveness in British cinema, while as director at the Royal Court he was responsible for establishing the reputation of a number of groundbreaking plays.

Throughout his life Anderson stood in opposition to the establishment of his day. Published for the first time, his diaries provide a uniquely personal document of his artistic integrity and vision, his work, and his personal and public struggles. Peopled by a myriad of artists and stars - Malcolm McDowell, Richard Harris, Albert Finney, Anthony Hopkins Brian Cox, Karel Reisz, Arthur Miller, George Michael - the Diaries provide a fascinating account of one of the most creative periods of British cultural life.

Gripping Daily Express

"Vicious and velvety in roughly equal measure ... Demands reading at a single sitting" Daily Telegraph

"the reader of this book is richly rewarded" Daily Mail

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781408117385
• Artikelnr.: 39973829

Autorenporträt

In cinema and in theatre, Lindsay Anderson was one of the most innovative, independent and influential directors of the twentieth century. With classic films like This Sporting Life, If..., and O Lucky Man! he established and electrifying new wave in British cinema, while in the theatre he first staged such groundbreaking plays as Serjeant Musgrave's Dance, Home and What The Butler Saw. His Diaries were published by Methuen Drama in 2004 and are at once the intimate record of a remarkable man fiercely opposed to the political and cultural establishment of his time; a candid account of his personal and public struggles, his visionary work and troubled relationships; and an indispensable history of the artistic revolution he helped to shape.

'He was a brilliant writer, with great observational and analytic gifts, a charismatic figure who commanded the attention of a generation of serious cinephiles, a person of warmth, charm and integrity who attracted a loyal band of actors and other associates' - Philip French, Observer