About John Ford, 139
Ackerman, Chantal, 290
Acting
American School of, 113
inside out approach to, 113
outside in approach to, 112
directing of
by Catherine Breillat, 296–297
by Margarethe Von Trotta, 270–272
overview, 105
Akinshina, Oksana, 279
“Alexander,” 82
“Alexander Nevsky,” 123, 124, 125, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 193
“Alice Adams,” 149, 150, 158, 161
Allen, Woody, 4, 5, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 67, 110, 301
“All that Jazz,” 58
Almodovar, Pedro, 36, 65, 66, 70, 94, 276, 296
Almroth, Björn, 281
Alternative Scriptwriting, 248
Altman, Robert, 58, 92, 301, 319
Alton, John, 95
“America, America,” 46, 190, 191, 192, 194, 196–197, 198, 199
The American Cinema, 6, 55, 169, 233
“American Idol,” 301
“American Psycho,” 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 307–310, 312, 313, 314, 322
American School of acting, 113
“Amistad,” 247
“Anatomy of Hell,” 289, 290, 291, 292, 294–295, 296, 297, 321
Anderson, Lindsay, 6, 135, 139
Anderson, Michael, 101
“Angel,” 175
Anna Karenina, 79
“Antoine and Colette,” 205, 207
“The Apartment,” 163, 164, 165–166, 168, 169, 170, 172, 173, 323
“Apocalypse Now,” 7, 58, 59, 97
Arcand, Deny, 36, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70
Ardant, Fannie, 212
Aronofsky, Darren, 79
Artaud, Antonin, 114
“Artificial Intelligence: AI,” 248, 254, 334
“The Ascent of Voice,” 303
“Ashes and Diamonds,” 64
Attenborough, Richard, 254
Audiard, Jacques, 276
August, Billie, 64
Aumont, Jean-Pierre, 208
Austen, Jane, 8
“Avanti,” 163
“Bad Boys,” 7
Balasko, Josiane, 290
Bale, Christian, 307, 312, 322
“The Barbarian Invasions,” 36, 67, 68
Bardot, Brigitte, 290
“Barry Lyndon,” 92, 233, 236, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 326
Barrymore, Drew, 254
“Bastard out of Carolina,” 7, 290
“The Battle of Algiers,” 57
Bazin, Andre, 5
The Beatles, 92
“Beau Travail,” 290
“Bed and Board,” 205, 207, 211
“Belle de Jour,” 57
Belvaux, Luc, 276
Bening, Annette, 99
Beresford, Bruce, 35
Bergman, Ingmar, 4, 59, 60, 61, 219, 276
Bernstein, Leonard, 74
“Beseiged,” 64
“Best Years of our Lives,” 51, 55
Bickle, Travis, 62
“The Bicycle Thief,” 15
Bigelow, Kathryn, 290
Bisset, Jacqueline, 208
“Bitter Moon,” 219
Blackmer, Sidney, 221
Boetticher, Budd, 136
Bogart, Humphrey, 5
Bogucharsky, Artyom, 279
“The Bonfire of the Vanities,” 91
“Bound,” 82
“The Bourne Identity,” 21
Brackett, Charles, 163
Bråding, Sanna, 281
Branagh, Kenneth, 74
Brando, Marlon, 109, 110, 171, 189, 190, 191, 198, 199, 200, 322
Brass, Tinto, 290
“Braveheart,” 110
“Breaker Morant,” 35
Breillat, Catherine, 275, 288–299, 302, 321, 322
“Fat Girl,” 293
“Sex Is Comedy,” 294
Bresson, Robert, 61
Brest, Martin, 80
“The Bride Wore Black,” 205
“The Bridge Over the River Kwai,” 80
“Brief Crossing,” 289
“Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia,” 25
“Broadcast News,” 301
Brockovich, Erin, 334
Brook, Peter, 114
Brooks, James, 301
Bruckheimer, Jerry, 5
Bunuel, Luis, 57, 63, 177, 184
Burgess, 239
C
“Cabaret,” 39
Cacoyannis, Michael, 22
Cahiers du Cinema, 5
Caine, Michael, 112
“Camelot,” 29
Camera, 86–102, see also editing
directing of
by Catherine Breillat, 297–299
by Margarethe Von Trotta, 272–273
movement from fixed point, 92–93
proximity, 89
subjective camera placement, 90
Capra, Frank, 5, 21, 56, 149, 178
Carey, Harry, Jr., 142
Carradine, John, 142
“Casablanca,” 5
“Casino,” 62
Cassavetes, John, 6, 110, 181, 189, 221, 228
“The Centrality of Metagenres,” 303
Chabrol, Claude, 5, 38, 213, 317, 318
Chandler, Raymond, 163
Chaplin, Charlie, 6, 10, 55, 56, 57, 59, 110, 123, 175
“Character,” 64
“Charlie’s Angels,” 7
Chekhov, Anton, 111
Chereau, Patrice, 26
Cherkassov, Nikolai, 126, 127, 128
“Chicago,” 39
“Chinatown,” 219, 220, 221–222, 225, 226, 227, 230
“The Cider House Rules,” 283
Cimino, Michael, 58
“City of Lost Children,” 96
Cliff, Montgomery, 151
“A Clockwork Orange,” 233, 234, 239, 242
“Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” 205, 254
“Closer,” 79
“Close to Eden,” 64
Cobb, Humphrey, 238
Coburn, Charles, 150
Coen brothers, 46, 84, 85, 100, 101, 102, 334, 336
“Cold Mountain,” 97
Colin, Grégoire, 294
“Collateral,” 47–48, 95, 254, 319
Columbus, Chris, 28
Competence of directors, 24–39
Antoine Fuqua (“King Arthur”) case study, 29–32
directors and competence, 27–28
Simon Wincer (“The Lighthorsemen”) case study, 32–39
Condon, Richard, 41
“Confidentially Yours,” 205, 212
Conflict, 101
Connery, Sean, 254
“Conspiracy Theory,” 28
Contemporary great directors
Continuity, 97
“The Conversation,” 97
Cook, Tommy, 193
Cooper, Pat, 302
Coppola, Francis Ford, 6, 7, 26, 58, 59, 63, 97, 328
Coppola, Sofia, 333
Cortese, Valentine, 208
Cosmatos, George, 76
“Coup de Grace,” 261
Crialese, Emmanuele, 276
“Crimes and Misdemeanors,” 59, 60
Cronin, P., 149
“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” 8, 82
“The Crucible,” 7
Cruise, Tom, 237, 242, 243, 326
Cuaron, Alfonso, 75
Cukor, George, 177
The Culture of Narcissism, 301
Curtis, Tony, 170
Curtiz, Michael, 5
D
Dahlström, Alexandra, 277
Dancyger, Ken, 248
Dash, Julie, 289
“Daughters of the Dust,” 289
Davalos, Richard, 192
Davis, Andrew, 75
“Day for Night,” 205, 206, 208–209, 210, 211, 212, 215
“The Day of the Jackal,” 25, 51, 52, 79, 98
“Dead Poet’s Society,” 57
Dean, James, 153, 191, 199, 322
“Death and the Maiden,” 219
De Baecque, Antoine, 212
“The Decline of the American Empire,” 66, 67
“Deconstructing Harry,” 60
“Deep End,” 231
“The Deer Hunter,” 58
“Delicatessen,” 96
Demme, Jonathan, 27, 43, 45, 318, 319
Deneuve, Catherine, 212
Denis, Claire, 290
Depp, Johnny, 109
De Rienzo, Libero, 293
“Design for Living,” 175
Devine, Andy, 142
Diamond, I.A.L., 163
Dickens, Charles, 75
Differences among directors, 4–5
Directing
adding value to project, 49–52
Michael Mann’s “Collateral” case study, 47–48
contemporary great directors in America, 57–63
contemporary great directors outside America, 63–70
Directing Actors, 115
Directors
contemporary great directors
Director’s idea, 12–23, 52–53, 330–336
moving toward interpretation, 333–335
strategy for reading script, 331–333
Doinel, Antoine, 205, 206, 207, 212
Donner, Richard, 28
D’Onofrio, Vincent, 237
Dorleac, Francoise, 212
“Double Indemnity,” 91, 163, 166, 168, 170, 173, 323
Douglas, Kirk, 169, 198, 238, 239
Dovshenko, Alexander, 123, 147
Downs, Cathy, 137
Dramatic emphasis, 99
“The Dreamers,” 335
“The Dreamlife of Angels,” 64
“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” 90, 93
“Dr. Strangelove,” 37, 233, 234, 239, 242, 320
Dunaway, Faye, 222
E
“Early Spring,” 63
“East of Eden,” 76–78, 190, 191, 192, 194, 196, 197, 201, 322
Eastwood, Clint, 4, 7, 58, 110
“Eat Drink Man Woman,” 8
conflict, 101
continuity, 97
dramatic emphasis, 99
emotional guidelines, 100
main character, 101
new ideas, 99
overview, 97
Edwards, Blake, 4
“8 1/2,” 57
Eisenstein, Sergei, 4, 10, 118, 122–133, 143, 147, 193, 234, 238, 286, 321, 328, 336
“Elizabeth,” 90
Elliott, Denholm, 254
Emma, 75
Emmerich, Roland, 261
Emotional guidelines, 100
“The Enemy Below,” 110
“The English Patient,” 97
“The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser,” 64
Ephron, Nora, 175
Epstein brothers, 5
“E.T.,” 247, 248, 250, 252, 256
“Europa Europa,” 336
European School of acting, 114–119
“The Exorcist,” 28
“Exterminating Angel,” 63
“Eyes Wide Shut,” 233, 237, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 304, 326
F
“A Face in the Crowd,” 190, 191, 193, 301
“Fahrenheit 451,” 205
Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 150
“Fanny and Alexander,” 276
“Far From Heaven,” 82
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 261
“Fatal Attraction,” 335
“Fat Girl,” 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 296, 297, 298, 299, 321
“Fearless Vampire Killers,” 220
Fellini, Federico, 4, 57, 59, 60, 61, 205
Figgis, Mike, 7
Film Form, 123
The Film Sense, 123
Finding director’s idea, 330–336
choosing director’s idea, 335–336
moving toward interpretation, 333–335
strategy for reading script, 331–333
“Fire,” 289
Firth, Peter, 223
“Five Graves to Cairo,” 170
“Flashdance,” 32
Flaubert, 79
Fleet, Jo Van, 196
Flinck, Throsten, 281
“Floating Life,” 289
“Fool for Love,” 79
Ford, John, 5, 9, 56, 75, 134–147, 149, 226, 253, 275, 286, 328
“My Darling Clementine,” 137
“The Grapes of Wrath,” 137
“The Searchers,” 138
“They Were Expendable,” 137–138
“Foreign Affair,” 169
Forman, Milos, 58
Forsythe, Fredrick, 79
“The Fortune Cookie,” 163
“Four Friends,” 20
“The 400 Blows,” 56, 205, 206, 211, 213, 214, 215
“Four Weddings and a Funeral,” 99
Frankenheimer, John, 26, 28, 41, 42, 49, 88, 191, 319
Franzoni, David, 29
“The French Connection,” 28
“Fresh,” 302
“Frida,” 114
Friedkin, William, 28
Friedrich, Su, 80
Frode, Cecilia, 278
Frode, Lars, 278
“From Here to Eternity,” 52
Frot, Catherine, 290
“Fucking Åmål,” 275, 277–278, 279, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286
“The Fugitive,” 75
Fuller, Sam, 5
“Full Metal Jacket,” 36, 82, 90, 233, 234, 235, 237, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 245
“The Full Monty,” 81
Fuqua, Antoine, 28, 29–32, 317
G
Gable, Clark, 171
“Gangs of New York,” 62
Garfield, John, 193
“Gas, Food and Lodging,” 302, 303
Gavras, Costa, 82
Geddes, Barbara Bel, 191
“Gentleman’s Agreement,” 190, 193
“George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey,” 149
George Stevens Interviews, 149, 154–155
“The German Sisters,” 261
“Giant,” 149, 152, 153, 154, 155, 160, 161
“GI Jane,” 181
Global Scriptwriting, 56, 277, 303
“The Godfather,” 7, 58, 79, 115, 116, 328
“Godfather Part II,” 58
“Going in Style,” 80
“Gone with the Wind,” 5
adding value to project, 49–52
Michael Mann’s “Collateral” case study, 47–48
Gordon, Ruth, 221
“The Graduate,” 88
The Grapes of Wrath, 76
“The Grapes of Wrath,” 135, 136, 137, 143, 146, 328
Grass, Günter, 80
Grazer, Brian, 5
contemporary great directors in America, 57–63
contemporary great directors outside America, 63–70
Great Directors at Work, 111, 112
Great Expectations, 75
Griffith, D. W., 56, 123, 130, 149, 238
Grisham, John, 26
Grotowski, Jerzy, 114
“The Gunfight at the OK Corral,” 76
“The Gunfighter,” 143
“Gunga Din,” 149, 150, 153, 154, 155, 157
H
“Hamlet,” 73, 74, 82, 110, 180
Hammarsten, Gustav, 278
Hanks, Tom, 247, 251, 254, 325
“Hannah and Her Sisters,” 60, 61
Hannibal, 28
Hapgood, E. R., 112
“A Hard Day’s Night,” 92
Harris, Julie, 191
Harris, Thomas, 28
Harron, Mary, 300–315, 321, 322
Hart, Harvey, 78
Hart, Moss, 189
Hathaway, Henry, 80, 135, 138, 141
Hawks, Howard, 4, 5, 47, 53, 56, 88, 135, 138, 141, 178, 205
Hayden, Sterling, 242
Haynes, Todd, 82
“Heat,” 47
“Heaven,” 8
“Heaven Can’t Wait,” 110
Hecht, Ben, 178
Heckerling, Amy, 75, 289, 302, 303
“The Heiress,” 22
Helgeland, Brian, 80
Hennessy, Jill, 312
“Henry V,” 110
Hepburn, Audrey, 169
Hepburn, Katherine, 150, 175, 254
“The Heroes of Telemark,” 52
“He Walks by Night,” 53
Hitchcock, Alfred, 5, 6, 57, 82, 88, 89, 90, 93, 98, 99, 119, 156, 205, 248
Holden, William, 141, 163, 164, 169, 171, 323
“A Hole in My Heart,” 275, 276, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 287
Holland, Agnieszka, 261, 289, 336
Hopkins, Anthony, 112
Horton, Edward Everett, 183, 184
“Hour of the Gun,” 75
“Hour of the Wolf,” 276
“The Housekeeper,” 289
Howard, Arliss, 237
“How Green Was My Valley,” 136, 143, 144
Hudson, Rock, 152
Hugo, Victor, 75
The Human Stain, 79
“The Hunted,” 28
Hunter, Kim, 191
“Husbands and Wives,” 60
Huston, Angelica, 289
Huston, John, 222
Hytner, Nicolas, 7
I
“I Heart Huckabees,” 96
“Il Posto,” 57
“I’m Walking on Sunshine,” 310
“The Incredible Hulk,” 8
“Indiana Jones,” 7, 26, 158, 248, 254
“Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” 27, 248, 254
“Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” 248, 252
“In Dreams,” 99
“The Informer,” 136
Inge, William, 189
Inside out approach to acting, 113
“Insomnia,” 97
by Catherine Breillat, 295–296
interior/exterior stories, 78–80
male/female perspectives, 81–82
by Margarethe Von Trotta, 268–270
political/sociological/psychological overtones, 82–84
Steinbeck’s East of Eden, 76–78
“In the Mood for Love”, 277
“Intolerance,” 130
“Iron Horse,” 135
“I Shot Andy Warhol,” 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306–307, 310, 312, 313, 314, 322
“Ivan the Terrible Part I,” 123, 124, 125, 127, 129, 130, 132, 133
“Ivan the Terrible Part II,” 123, 124, 125, 127, 129, 133
J
“Jack,” 26
Jaffe, Sam, 150
James, Henry, 22
Jaoui, Agnés, 290
“Jaws,” 7, 79, 247, 248, 249, 252, 254, 255, 256, 325
“Jesus of Montreal,” 67, 68, 69
Jeunet, Jean-Pierre, 96
Johnson, Ben, 142
Jones, David Richard, 111
Jordan, Neil, 99
Jovanovich, Harcourt Brace, 123
“Jules et Jim,” 205
Julius Caesar, 75
“Jurassic Park,” 7, 247, 248, 253, 254
K
Kaiser, Friedrich, 265
Kapur, Shekhar, 90
Kar-wai, Wong, 6
Kasdan, Lawrence, 76
Kassovitz, Peter, 276
Kazan, Elia, 7, 14, 44, 45, 46, 77, 109, 111, 118, 119, 142, 169, 188–202, 220, 284, 301, 320, 321, 322, 336
“East of Eden,” 196
“On the Waterfront,” 195
“Panic in the Streets,” 194–195
Keaton, Buster, 56, 59, 110, 170
Kieslowski, Krystof, 56, 64, 97, 219, 220, 231
“Kill Bill,” 335
“The Killing,” 233, 235, 240, 241, 242, 243
King, Henry, 143
“King Arthur,” 29–32, 52, 317, 335
“Kiss me Stupid,” 163
“Knife in the Water,” 57, 219, 229
Knopf, 212
Kozintsev, 74
Kubrick, Stanley, 20, 32, 36, 37, 38, 55, 56, 82, 87, 90, 92, 93, 102, 232–245, 304, 320, 326, 327, 334
“2001: A Space Odyssey,” 235–236
“Full Metal Jacket,” 237
L
LaBute, Neil, 114
“Lady in the Lake,” 90
Lampe, Jutta, 265, 267, 270, 271, 275
Lasch, Christopher, 301
“The Last Metro,” 205
“The Last of the Mohicans,” 47
“The Last Temptation of Christ,” 62
“The Last Tycoon,” 190
Laurel and Hardy, 149
Law, Clara, 289
“Lawman,” 101
“Lawrence of Arabia,” 79, 87, 93, 130
Lawson, Leigh, 223
Lean, David, 80, 87, 93, 100, 130, 143, 156, 169, 193, 243
Léaud, Jean-Pierre, 206, 208, 212, 327
Lee, Harper, 80
Lemmon, Jack, 163, 164, 169, 170, 171, 323 Leoni, Serge, 98
“Leon the Professional,” 8
Les Misérables, 75
“Less Than Meets the Eye,” 169
Lester, Richard, 92
Levinson, Barry, 8
Lewis, Juliette, 109
Lewis, Sinclair, 123
Liedberg, Jessica, 278
The Life of Pi, 79
“The Lighthorsemen,” 32–39, 49, 50, 317
“Lilja 4-Ever,” 275, 279, 282, 283, 284, 285, 287, 328
Liljeberg, Rebecka, 277
Limans, Doug, 21
Lindgren, Lisa, 278
“The Lion King,” 114
“The Lives of a Bengal Lancer,” 80, 138
“Thelma and Louise,” 181
Loach, Ken, 209
Logan, Joshua, 29
“Lola Montes,” 243
“Lolita,” 73, 233, 239, 241, 242, 243
Lombard, Carole, 176, 183, 275
“Lonesome Dove,” 33
Lonsdale, Michel, 212
“The Lord of the Rings,” 7, 27
“The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum,” 261, 264, 268, 270
“Lost in Translation,” 333
“The Lost Weekend,” 163, 164, 165, 167, 170, 172, 323
“Love Me If You Dare,” 95
“Love on the Run,” 205, 206, 207–208, 210, 211, 214, 327
Lubitsch, Ernst, 56, 57, 174–186, 220, 275, 276, 322, 323
“Ninotchka,” 179
“The Shop Around the Corner,” 180
“Trouble in Paradise,” 178
Lucas, Craig, 114
Lucas, Josh, 312
Lumet, Sidney, 6, 118, 191, 301
Lundqvist, Anja, 278
“L Word,” 301
Lyne, Adrian, 32, 38, 39, 317, 318, 335
M
“M,” 200
Macbeth, 75
MacLaine, Shirley, 164
MacMurray, Fred, 150, 164, 166, 170, 171
Madame Bovary, 79
Main character, 101
“The Major and the Minor,” 163, 170
Malle, Louis, 213
Mamet, David, 7, 115, 118, 119
“The Manchurian Candidate,” 28, 41, 43, 45, 73, 88, 318, 319
“A Man for all Season,” 52
“The Man from Laramie,” 53
“Manhunter,” 28
“The Man I Killed,” 276
Mankiewicz, Joseph, 5, 21, 56, 88, 169, 178
Mann, Anthony, 5, 9, 49, 51, 52, 88, 95, 136, 318
Mann, Michael, 28, 47–48, 80, 95, 254, 319
“Man of Marble,” 231
“Man on Fire,” 7
“The Man Who Loved Women,” 206
“The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence,” 135, 142
“The Man Who Wasn’t There,” 84
“Maria Full of Grace,” 94
“Marianne and Juliane,” 261, 262, 263, 264, 265–267, 268, 269, 270, 272, 321
Marjanovic, Goran, 281
“Marnie,” 82
Marshall, Rob, 39
Marston, Joshua, 94
Martell, Yann, 79
Marx Brothers, 59
“Master and Commander,” 83
Mathis, Samantha, 308
Matthis, Samantha, 312
Maugham, Somerset, 78
Mazursky, Paul, 181
McCrea, Joel, 151
McDowell, Andie, 99
McDowell, Malcolm, 242
McQ, 7
“Mean Streets,” 62
“Meet the Fokkers,” 20
Mehta, Deepa, 289
Meirelles, Fernando, 82
“Memento,” 97
“Men in War,” 53
“Mephisto,” 64
The Merchant of Venice, 75
“The Messenger,” 7
Meyers, Russ, 290
Michalkhov, Nickolai, 64
Michell, Roger, 8
Milland, Ray, 163, 164, 170, 171, 323
Miller, Arthur, 189
Miller, George, 22
“Miller’s Crossing,” 84
Mineo, Sal, 141
“The Missing,” 109
“Mission Impossible II,” 335
“Modern Times,” 55
Monroe, Marilyn, 163, 169, 270
“Monsoon Wedding,” 302
Montgomery, Robert, 90, 137, 142
Moodysson, Lukas, 274–287, 327, 328
Moreau, Jean, 212
Moreau, Jeanne, 290
“The More the Merrier,” 149, 150–151, 154, 156, 158, 159
Morgan, Frank, 176
Morgenstern, Danny, 307
“The Motorcycle Diaries,” 96
“Mouchette,” 61
Mowbray, Alan, 142
“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” 21, 178
Müller-Westernhagen, Marius, 265
Murch, Walter, 97
“My Darling Clementine,” 53, 75, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 142, 144, 145
My Life, 193
N
Nair, Mira, 302
“The Naked Spur,” 53
“The Nasty Girl,” 64
“Network,” 301
“Nevada Smith,” 135
Nicholson, Jack, 110, 221, 228, 242
“The Night of the Hunter,” 110
“Ninotchka,” 57, 163, 175, 176, 177, 179, 182, 183, 184, 185, 323
“The Ninth Gate,” 220
Nolan, Christopher, 97
Norell, Ola, 278
“North by Northwest,” 93
Norton, Ed, 28
“Notorious,” 88
“Nuit et Jour,” 290
Nyqvist, Michael, 278
O
“O, Brother, Where Art Thou?,” 46, 100, 101
Objective camera placement, 89–90
O’Brian, George, 142
Ogrodnik, Mo, 302
O’Hara, Maureen, 142
“Oliver Twist,” 243
“Olivier, Olivier,” 289
Olmi, Ernanno, 57
Olson, Nancy, 167
“Once Upon a Time in the West,” 98
“One-Eyed Jacks,” 110
O’Neill, Eugene, 84
“Only Angels Have Wings,” 135
“The Only Game in Town,” 149
“On the Waterfront,” 109, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 198, 201, 322
“Open City,” 61
Osment, Joel Haley, 254
“The Osterman Weekend,” 25
Othello, 75
“Out of Sight,” 254
Outside in approach to acting, 112
Owen, Clive, 31
P
Pabst, G. W., 64
“Pandora’s Box,” 64
“Panic in the Streets,” 191, 193, 194–195, 199, 200, 322
Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 281
“The Passion,” 110
“The Passion of Christ,” 7
“The Passion of Joan of Arc,” 57, 285
“Pather Panchali,” 63
“Paths of Glory,” 82, 233, 235, 238, 241, 243
“Patton,” 127
“Payback,” 80
Peckinpah, Sam, 25, 88, 92, 100, 123, 136
“Pelle the Conqueror,” 64
Penn, Arthur, 6
“Persona,” 276
“The Pianist,” 219, 220, 224, 226, 227, 230, 231, 286
“A Place in the Sun,” 149, 151, 152, 155, 156, 161, 324
“Point Blank,” 80
“Point Break,” 290
Polanski, Roman, 49, 57, 89, 90, 218–231, 248, 252, 253, 286, 326, 327, 336
“Rosemary’s Baby,” 221
“The Pianist,” 224
Pollack, Sidney, 25, 58, 109, 301
Pontecorvo, Gillo, 57
Porter, 99
“Potemkin,” 123, 124, 125, 128, 129, 130, 133
Powell, Dick, 110
“The Princess and the Warrior,” 64
“The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes,” 163
Prochnow, Jürgen, 264
“The Producers,” 79
Proximity of camera, 89
Psychological overtones, 82–84
Pudovkin, Vassili, 10, 118, 123
“Pulp Fiction” , 277
“The Purple Rose of Cairo,” 60, 301
Puzo, Mario, 79
Q
“The Quiet Man,” 136
R
“Raiders of the Lost Ark,” 247, 248, 249–250, 252, 253, 254, 256, 257
“The Rainmaker,” 26
“Raising Arizona,” 84, 85, 336
Rami, Sam, 27
Raphael, Frederic, 237
Ratner, Brett, 28
“Raw Deal,” 53
Ray, Nicholas, 82
“Rebel Without a Cause,” 82
Reboux, Anaïs, 293
“Red Dragon,” 28
“Red River,” 135
“Reds,” 110
Reed, Donna, 138
Reize, Silva, 265
Remick, Lee, 191
Remy, Albert, 213
Renoir, Jean, 336
“Repulsion,” 89, 219, 220, 229
“Requiem for a Dream,” 79
“Respiro,” 276
Rhys-Davies, Jonathan, 249
“Rio Bravo,” 53
“Rio Grande,” 144
“The Rise of Louis XIV,” 57
Robinson, Edward G., 166
Roehmer, Eric, 5
Rogers, Ginger, 170
“Romance,” 289, 290, 291, 292–293, 295, 296, 297, 298
“Roman Holiday,” 51
Roney, Shanti, 278
“Ronin,” 26
“Rosa Luxembourg,” 261, 268, 270, 276
“Rosemary’s Baby,” 219, 220, 221, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230, 231, 253, 326
“Rosenstrasse,” 261, 262, 264, 267–268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 289
Rossellini, Roberto, 57, 61, 79
Roth, Phillip, 79
Rumann, Sig, 183
Russell, David, 96
Rust, Mathias, 277
S
“Sabrina,” 169
Sage, Bill, 308
Salles, Walter, 96
“Salo,” 281
Samuell, Yann, 95
“Santa Fe Trail,” 135
Sarri, Olle, 278
Sarris, Andrew, 6, 55, 56, 169, 233
“Saving Private Ryan,” 26, 93, 247, 248, 251, 253, 254, 256, 257, 258, 324, 325
Scarface, 138
Schaffner, Franklin, 127
Schindler, Oscar, 226
“Schindler’s List,” 20, 26, 58, 226, 247, 248, 253, 255
Schlondorff, Volker, 15, 16, 17, 64, 100, 101, 220, 261
Schneider, Peter, 265
Schrader, Maria, 267
Schulberg, Budd, 189
Scorsese, Martin, 6, 7, 8, 58, 61, 62, 63, 91, 275
Scott, George C., 127
Scott, Ridley, 19, 32, 46, 100, 181
“The Searchers,” 135, 136, 138, 139, 142, 143, 144, 145, 253, 328
“The Second Awakening of Christa Klages,” 261, 263, 264–265, 268, 270, 321
“Seconds,” 88
Selznick, David, 5
“Sense and Sensibility,” 8
“September,” 59
“Seven Samurai,” 64
“The Seventh Seal,” 276
“Seven Women,” 142
Sevigny, Chloé, 312
“Sex Is Comedy,” 289, 290, 291, 292, 294, 296, 297, 298
“Shadows,” 110
“Shall We Dance,” 81
“Shane,” 149
“She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,” 135, 143, 144
“The Shining,” 233, 235, 239, 240, 242
“Shoot the Piano Player,” 205
“The Shop Around the Corner,” 175, 176, 180, 182, 183, 323
“Short Cuts,” 319
“A Short Film about Loving,” 57
“Show Me Love,” 275
Siffredi, Rocco, 294
Signoret, Simone, 290
“Silence of the Lambs,” 27, 335 Silence of the Lambs, 28
“Silk Stockings,” 175
Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 231
“Singin’ in the Rain,” 55, 234, 241, 319
“Sink or Swim,” 80
“Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness,” 263
“The Sisters of Happiness,” 261
Skolimowski, Jerzy, 231
“Small Change,” 56
Soderbergh, Steven, 6, 7, 8, 20, 254, 334
“The Soft Skin,” 205
“The Spanish Prisoner,” 7
“Spartacus,” 87, 90, 233, 235, 239
Speerstra, Karen, 10
Spielberg, Steven, 7, 19, 20, 26, 58, 89, 90, 93, 156, 158, 205, 226, 246–258, 324, 325, 326, 334
“E.T.,” 250
“Jaws,” 249
“Raiders of the Lost Ark,” 249–250
“Saving Private Ryan,” 251
“Splendor in the Grass,” 44, 45, 189, 320, 322
“The Sprecher sisters, 302
Stack, Robert, 181
“Stage of Siege,” 82
Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 111, 112, 113, 114, 118
Stanwyck, Barbara, 163, 166, 254
“Stardust Memories,” 59
“Star Wars,” 7
Steiger, Rod, 109, 191, 192, 322
Stevens, George, 49, 56, 148–161, 175, 226, 238, 240, 275, 324, 325, 326
“Alice Adams,” 150
“A Place in the Sun,” 151
“Giant,” 152
“Gunga Din,” 150
overview, 149
“The More the Merrier,” 150–151
Stevens, George, Jr., 149
Stiller, Ben, 110
“Stolen Kisses,” 205, 206, 207, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215
Stone, Oliver, 7, 8, 58, 82, 123
“The Story of Adele H,” 205, 212
“A Streetcar Named Desire,” 190, 191
“Strike,” 124
Subjective camera placement, 90
“The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kalmbach,” 261
Sukowa, Barbara, 265, 270, 271, 276
“Sunrise,” 57
“Sunset Boulevard,” 56, 163, 164, 165, 167, 170, 172, 323
“Sunshine,” 7
“Swing Time,” 149
“The Sword of Lancelot,” 29
T
“Taking Sides,” 7
Tarantino, Quentin, 52, 277, 335 Tarkington, Booth, 150
Tarkovsky, Andrei, 219
“The Taste of Others,” 290
“Taxi Driver,” 62
Taylor, Elizabeth, 151, 152, 324
Taymor, Julie, 114
“Tears of the Sun,” 29
The Technique of Film and Video Editing, 10, 251, 289
“The Tenant,” 219
“Terrible,” 328
Terry, Phillip, 165
“Tess,” 89, 219, 220, 222, 223–224, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 326
Text interpretation, see interpretation of text
Thalbach, Katharina, 264
Theroux, Justin, 308
“They Were Expendable,” 135, 136, 137–138, 140, 145
“Things Change,” 118
“The Third Man,” 51
“Thirteen Conversations About One Thing,” 302
“The Thirty-Nine Steps,” 88, 98
“36 Fillette,” 289
“A Thousand Acres,” 75, 80, 81
“Three Men and a Baby,” 81
“Time Code,” 7
The Tin Drum, 80
“Titus,” 114
“To Be or Not To Be,” 175, 176, 177, 180–181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 275, 322
“Together,” 275, 278, 279, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 327
To Kill a Mockingbird, 80
“Tokyo Story,” 61
Tolstoy, Leo, 79
“Tombstone,” 76
“Tootsie,” 25, 58, 81, 109, 301, 332
Toubiana, Serge, 212
“Touch of Evil,” 93
Tracy, Spencer, 175
Training Day, 29
“Trainspotting,” 97
“A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” 190
“The Trilogy,” 276
“Trouble in Paradise,” 175, 176, 177, 178, 182, 184, 185, 322
“Troy,” 6
Truffaut, 212
Truffaut, Francois, 5, 56, 204–216, 252, 327
“Stolen Kisses,” 207
“The 400 Blows,” 206
“25th Hour,” 7
“2001: A Space Odyssey,” 20, 55, 233, 234, 235, 239, 240, 242, 244
U
“The Uncontrollable Male,” 135
“Underground,” 69
“Une Femme Infidele,” 38, 73, 317
“Unforgiven,” 110
“The Untouchables,” 118
V
“The Vampire Killers,” 231
Van Diem, Mike, 64
“Vera Drake,” 94
Verhoeven, Michael, 64
“A Very Long Engagement,” 331
Vigo, Jean, 205
Visconti, Luchino, 57, 79, 92, 93, 156
Von Sternberg, Joseph, 95
Von Stroheim, Erich, 163, 165, 170
Von Trotta, Margarethe, 84, 260–273, 275, 276, 289, 302, 321, 322
“Marianne and Juliane,” 265–267
“The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum,” 264
“The Second Awakening of Christa Klages,” 264–265
“Voyage to Italy,” 79
W
Wachowski brothers, 82
Wai, Wong Kar, 277
Wallach, Eli, 191
Wanninger, Ashley, 294
War and Peace, 79
Washington, Denzel, 29
Washington Square, 22
Weaver, Dennis, 254
“Wednesday’s Child,” 209
Welles, Orson, 51, 56, 93, 135, 238, 243, 248
Wenders, Wim, 261
Werner, Oscar, 212
“The Westerner,” 53
Weston, Judith, 115, 116, 118, 119
“What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?,” 109
“When Father Was Away on Business,” 69
“The White Sheik,” 60
Widmark, Richard, 141
“The Wild Child,” 56, 205, 206, 209
Wilde, Cornell, 29
Wilder, Billy, 5, 56, 58, 84, 91, 162–173, 175, 178, 261, 322, 323, 324, 333
“Double Indemnity,” 166
“Sunset Boulevard,” 165
“The Lost Weekend,” 165
Wilder, Gene, 220
Wildmark, Richard, 194
Williams, Tennessee, 189
Willis, Bruce, 29
Wincer, Simon, 28, 32–39, 49, 317
“Winchester73,” 49, 50, 51, 53, 318
Windmark, Richard, 199
Windsor, Marie, 243
Winner, Michael, 101
“The Winslow Boy,” 7
Winters, Shelley, 151, 243, 324
“Witness for the Prosecution,” 163
“The Woman Next Door,” 205
“Woman of the Year,” 175
Wong, Kar Wai, 275
Woo, John, 335
Wood, Ed, 28 Wood, Natalie, 189, 191
Wright, Jeffrey, 43
Writing the Short Film, 302
“Wyatt Earp,” 76
Wyler, William, 22, 51, 52, 53, 55, 58, 95, 169
Wyman, Jane, 164
Y
“The Year of the Gun,” 28
“You’ve Got Mail,” 175
Z
“Z,” 82
Zeffirelli, 74
“Zero de Conduite,” 205
Zinnemann, Fred, 25, 51, 52, 55, 58, 98
Zoncka, Eric, 64
“Zorba the Greek,” 22
Zwerling, Darrell, 222