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Screen Epiphanies

30/11/2009
304 pages
Published/distributed by BFI published by Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN/EAN: 9781844571901
Hardback
Price: £20.00
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Screen Epiphanies 
Macnab, Geoffrey
What is your earliest or most significant film memory?

Screen Epiphanies draws together a series of revealing and touching interviews with a host of leading international filmmakers including Martin Scorsese, Lars von Trier, Danny Boyle, Mike Figgis and Stephen Frears, in which they discuss their early encounters with film culture.

Each director's 'epiphany' is different and remarkable whether it is the lasting impression made by a single ephemeral moment in a film long forgotten by others; a movie which captured their imagination and inspired them creatively; or the overall magical effect of going to the cinema and the nostalgia of an early film-related experience. With refreshing frankness and clarity some of the directors describe the hurdles they had to overcome because of race, class or gender to break into the movie industry. Films were a support to many, and they describe how they identified with the themes growing up and how they were inspired to pursue a filmmaking career. Their experiences of film and film-making styles may differ radically but what stands out is each director's genuine passion and enduring respect for film.

Also includes a previously unpublished interview with the late Anthony Minghella.
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