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A chatty, informative volume, worth one's attention, as most GRs indicate, but I do wish Peter B had been able to interview some of the post-60s "greats" -- Altman, Blake Edwards, Scorsese, Schlesinger, Losey, Spielberg and Bogdanovich. Author Bog is the star of his own Hollywood downfall/tragedy. D Leggi tutto

This is a hefty tome, enough to call it a doorstopper of a book, at 800 pages. Peter Bogdanovich is the mensch who interviews a pantheon of Golden Age film directors: Robert Aldrich, George Cukor, Allan Dwan, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Walter Huston, Chuck Jones, Fritz Lang, Joseph H. Lewis, Sid Leggi tutto

The book is a collection of interviews of 16 movie directors that the author knew, and, as a bonus, he discusses the scandals and tribulations of his own life and career in the book’s introduction. The interviews were done at various times between the 1960s and the 1990s; many were previously publis Leggi tutto

Who the Devil Made It is a delightful book, and Bogdanovich's admiration for the filmmakers he interviews is clear throughout. The one thing that makes me uncomfortable about Peter Bogdanovich is his reverence for D.W. Griffith and Birth of a Nation, an enthusiasm that is shared by several of the di Leggi tutto

Extensive conversations with 16 movie directors, with introductions to each interview. Very enjoyable, but it did drag on. The interviews with Howard Hawks, and Alfred Hitchcock were illuminating.

Sweet book of the directors who Peter Bogdanovich admired. Offered excellent anecdotes that will help me with a San Francisco Movie Course I'll be leading soon.

The book is a collection of interviews of 16 movie directors that the author knew, and, as a bonus, he discusses the scandals and tribulations of his own life and career in the book’s introduction. The interviews were done at various times between the 1960s and the 1990s; many were previously publis Leggi tutto

Had mucho long-term fun with this book - collection of in-depth interviews with directors of classics - such a Howard Hawks, Chuck Jones, Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Don Siegel; most I read, skipped a few because their work had not interested me. Went for some mild stimulation, fascinating to read th Leggi tutto

This is a well made and interesting account of many cinema classics. My lower rating stems from my understanding of the way that Bogdanovich made his way in the movie business by sycophancy and misogynistic means of the day, using his first wife Polly Platt, production designer of his true hits like Leggi tutto

This is Peter Bogdanovich's compendium of interviews with top American and emigre film directors, stretching back from the Silent Era (Allan Dwan, Raoul Walsh) to the "Golden Age" (Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Leo McCarey) to important figures in cinema from the 1950s to 70s(Joseph H. Lewis, Sidn Leggi tutto