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Giant: George Stevens, a Life on Film
up to his later career when his films made millions at the box office and were graced by actors such as Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Alan Ladd, and Montgomery Clift.
Hardcover, 320 pages
Published
November 9th 2004
by University of Wisconsin Press
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George Stevens, to me, is very nearly a perfect film maker. I was thrilled when I read this book was coming out, I was not disapointed. A good read, a good examination of is films. Read the book, then find George Stevens Jrs.' documentary, it's excellent, too!
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Surprisingly, this is the only in-depth bio of one of America's greatest filmmakers. He didn't direct that many pictures--only 25 feature films in 36 years, and nine of those were in his first four years. Yet he is still one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed directors of all time.
The book fortunately doesn't spend 100 pages on his childhood,as some bios do, and gets right to the films. But there is short shrift to some of the great comedies of the '40s such as "...more
The book fortunately doesn't spend 100 pages on his childhood,as some bios do, and gets right to the films. But there is short shrift to some of the great comedies of the '40s such as "...more
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