Projections 4 1/2: Film-makers on Film-making

Projections #4.5

by John Boorman

In honor of the one hundredth anniversary of film, Boorman and Donohue have collaborated with the editors of "Positif" in compiling the thoughts of almost 100 filmmakers on the art of the cinema. Here you can find anecdotes and analyses by contemporary luminaries Robert Altman, Elia Kazan, Mike Leigh, Marcel Ophuls, Bertrand Tavernier, Joel and Ethan Coen, Claude Chabrol, Chris Marker, Ken Loach, Clint Eastwood, Erich Rohmer, Alan Rudolph, Fred Zimmerman, Andre de Toth, and many others. Also included is a moving essay by Kevin Brownlow on the triumph and tragedy in the life of Buster Keaton, the great silent clown and master filmmaker.

Genres: Film

320 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1995

About the author

John Boorman is an English filmmaker who is a long time resident of Ireland and is best known for his feature films such as Point Blank, Deliverance, Excalibur, The Emerald Forest, Hope and Glory, The General and The Tailor of Panama.