Sign-In
Cart
Wes Craven: Interviews
Paperback
Series: Conversations with Filmmakers (Hardcover)
Entertainment & Performing ArtsDirectorsFilmmaking
ISBN13: 9781496826107
Publisher: Univ Pr Of Mississippi
Published: Nov 14 2019
Pages: 246
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
With a career spanning four decades, Wes Craven (1939-2015) bridged independent exploitation cinema and Hollywood big-budget horror. A pioneer of the modern horror cinema, Craven directed such landmark films as The Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Scream--considered not only classics of the genre, but examples of masterful filmmaking. Producing an impressive oeuvre that mixed intellectual concerns and political ideas, Craven utilized high-tension suspense, devastating visual brutality, and dark humor to evoke a unique brand of fear. Moreover, his films draw attention to the horror of American society--namely racism, classism, and the traumas often associated with family.
This collection of twenty-nine interviews--spanning from 1980 until his final interview in 2015--traces Craven's life and career, from his upbringing in a strict religious family and his life as an academic to his years toiling in exploitation cinema. The volume also chronicles Craven's ascendancy as an independent director, his work within the studio system, and his eventual triumph in mainstream cinema. Within the interviews gathered here, including three previously unpublished pieces, Craven reflects on failed projects and the challenges of working with studios while offering thoughtful meditations on the dynamics and appeal of horror. Wes Craven: Interviews cements Craven's legacy as a master of horror who left an indelible mark on the genre by forever altering expectations of--and approaches to--the cinema of fear.
1 different editions
Also available
Also in
Directors
Martin Scorsese All the Films: The Story Behind Every Movie, Episode, and Short
Bousquet, Olivier
Devillard, Arnaud
Schaller, Nicolas
Hardcover
Where's David Lynch?: A Search-And-Find Adventure Through the Surreal Worlds of David Lynch
Gow, Keith
Hardcover
Hitchcock and Herrmann: The Friendship and Film Scores That Changed Cinema
Smith, Steven C.
Hardcover
The Secret Hitchcock: How Hollywood's Legendary Director Lived Through Cary Grant and James Stewart
Segaloff, Nat
Hardcover
The Wes Anderson Cookbook: Whimsical Recipes Inspired by the Director and His Films
Anderson, Michelle
Peterson, Chris
Hardcover
Fashioning Hitchcock: Stories Behind the Costumes from the Lodger to Marnie
Young, Caroline
Hardcover
Making Disney Magic . . . from a Mermaid to Moana: Tales of a Disney Animation Director
Clements, Ron
Hardcover
Wes Anderson All the Films: The Story Behind Every Movie, Episode, and Short
Narbonne, Christophe
Hardcover
Rear Window: The Making of a Hitchcock Masterpiece in the Hollywood Golden Age
O'Callaghan, Jennifer
Hardcover
Walt Disney: An American Original, Commemorative Edition
Thomas, Bob
Miller, Christopher
Kurtti, Jeff
Paperback
A Lot Can Happen in the Middle of Nowhere: The Untold Story of the Making of Fargo
Melby, Todd
Paperback
Films That Explode Like Grenades: Robert Kramer and the Search for a Radical Cinema
Strub, Whitney
Paperback
Studio Ghibli: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata
Odell, Colin
Le Blanc, Michelle
Paperback
And the Cow Burned: Animals and Philosophy in the Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky
de Luca, Raymond Scott
Paperback
Searching for John Hughes: Or Everything I Thought I Needed to Know about Life I Learned from Watching '80s Movies
Diamond, Jason
Paperback
Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth: Inside the Creation of a Modern Fairy Tale
Nunziata, Nick
Vaz, Mark Cotta
Hardcover
You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation
Gora, Susannah
Paperback
Independent Ed: What I Learned from My Career of Big Dreams, Little Movies, and the Twelve Best Days of My Life
Burns, Edward
Gold, Todd
Paperback
The Worlds of Wes Anderson: The Influences and Inspiration Behind the Iconic Films
Woodward, Adam
Hardcover
From Havana To Burlesque: The Autobiography of Marinka "Queen of the Amazons"
Star, Lily
Hunter, Marinka Melanie
Hardcover
Silent Visions: Discovering Early Hollywood and New York Through the Films of Harold Lloyd
Bengtson, John
Paperback
A Wes Anderson Dictionary: An A-Z of the Iconic Director and His Work, from Asteroid City to Steve Zissou
Monks Kaufman, Sophie
Hardcover
And the Cow Burned: Animals and Philosophy in the Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky
de Luca, Raymond Scott
Hardcover
A Quentin Tarantino Dictionary: An A-Z of the Iconic Director and His Work, from Ak-47 to Zed
O'Hara, Helen
Hardcover