Last Words: Considering Contemporary Cinema

by Jason Wood

Overview

Last Words features extensive interviews with Christopher Nolan, Harmony Korine, Charlie Kaufmann, Nicolas Winding Refn, Wim Wenders, Michael Winterbottom, Christian Petzhold, and many others. Each interview is preceded by an overview of the director's work, and the volume's authoritative introductory essay explores the value of these directors and why they are rarely given an appropriate platform to discuss their craft.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231171977
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	09/23/2014
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Jason Wood is Director of Programming at Curzon Cinemas.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Forewords by Andrew Kötting
Introduction
Lenny Abrahamson
Clio Barnard
Marco Bellocchio
Anton Corbijn
Florian Henkel von Donnersmarck
Fernando Eimbcke
Michel Gondry
Joanna Hogg
Tom Kalin
Charlie Kaufman
Gideon Koppel
Harmony Korine
Andrew Kötting
Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy
Ray Lawrence
James Marsh
Christopher Nolan
Christian Petzold
Nicolas Winding Refn
Kelly Reichardt
Ben Rivers
Ira Sachs
Celine Sciamma
Peter Strickland
Tilda Swinton
Wim Wenders
Ben Wheatley
Michael Winterbottom

Editorial Reviews

Wood asks crisp, pointed, well-focused questions while simultaneously building a conversational relationship with the person being interviewed. The remarkable assemblage of filmmakers who comprise his cast of characters represent just about every point along the spectrum of serious screen art today, and every one of them has ideas, opinions, and experiences that deserve the attention of everyone who cares about the troubled present and uncertain future of worthwhile cinema.

David Sterritt