- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Random House Canada (Aug 11 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0679310355
- ISBN-13: 978-0679310358
- Product Dimensions: 26 x 20.3 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1 Kg
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #781,386 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From the fact that some movie previews manage, in 120 seconds, to give away every plot twist and punchline in a picture running 120 minutes, one can reasonably conclude that encapsulation isn’t easy. Praise Godard, the job of chronicling the first quarter-century of the Toronto International Film Festival has fallen to Brian D. Johnson, senior writer for Maclean’s, and--for three years in the 1980s--festival film-canister courier. In Brave Films Wild Nights, Johnson delivers again, boiling 25 years of cinematic celebration down to 336 addictive pages laden with interviews, gossip, and solid reportage. Charting the festival’s birth, through the efforts in Cannes of a pair of Canadian movie-mogul wannabes, Brave Films spans its history from the early “tax shelter days” to the later criticism of Hollywood influence, introducing the festival folk who took the hits, and the artists who made them. Whether they’re about screening Highway 61 or scoring hashish for Peter O’Toole, stories abound in Johnson’s breezy copy, highlighting the bruised ego (Bruce Beresford assuming that fellow director Atom Egoyan was his chauffeur) and the outrageous personality (movie rights weren’t the only thing picked up when programmer David Overbey went trolling on the beach at Cannes). When the Toronto Sun called the pandemoniac 1989 premiere of Michael Moore’s Roger and Me a “riot,” the American director was puzzled: where was the “gunfire and arson?” In fact, bullets and pyromania are about the only things missing from Brian D. Johnson’s otherwise riotous Brave Films, Wild Nights. --Tony Mason
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A retrospective look at one of the world's premier film festivals. The Toronto International Film Festival was created 25 years ago by a bunch of high-rolling Canadian impresarios. Since then it has grown from a rude upstart to one of the world's largest and most influential film festivals -- second in importance only to Cannes.
The Toronto International Film Festival has a deliriously split personality, playing host both to Hollywood stars -- from Warren Beatty to Tom Cruise -- and to the renegades of independent cinema. And its own flamboyant history mirrors that of the art it has showcased.
This is a story of a volatile marriage between the counter-culture and the mainstream. From the fabled battles with Canadian censors to near riots outside cinemas, excitement and controversy have always been integral to the Festival. The Festival was famous for its parties. And in the early years it underwent a turbulent rite of passage, with tales of sex, drugs, and rock 'n 'roll involving such guests as Robbie Robertson, Martin Scorsese, and Robert De Niro.
But as the Festival matured, it became famous for its films. Among the landmark features launched at the Festival are The Big Chill, Diva, Chariots of Fire, Reservoir Dogs, Dead Ringers, Boogie Nights, Leaving Las Vegas, To Die For and Life is Beautiful. The Festival has also discovered hit documentaries, such as Michael Moore's Roger and Me, and found a North American audience for international directors such as Krzysztof Kieslowski and Wong Kar-Wai.
Brave Films, Wild Nights will chronicle the 25 years of the Toronto International Film Festival, and will feature numerous photographs and fresh interviews with stars and directors who have made it the extraordinary cirque of cinema that it is today.
The Toronto International Film Festival has a deliriously split personality, playing host both to Hollywood stars -- from Warren Beatty to Tom Cruise -- and to the renegades of independent cinema. And its own flamboyant history mirrors that of the art it has showcased.
This is a story of a volatile marriage between the counter-culture and the mainstream. From the fabled battles with Canadian censors to near riots outside cinemas, excitement and controversy have always been integral to the Festival. The Festival was famous for its parties. And in the early years it underwent a turbulent rite of passage, with tales of sex, drugs, and rock 'n 'roll involving such guests as Robbie Robertson, Martin Scorsese, and Robert De Niro.
But as the Festival matured, it became famous for its films. Among the landmark features launched at the Festival are The Big Chill, Diva, Chariots of Fire, Reservoir Dogs, Dead Ringers, Boogie Nights, Leaving Las Vegas, To Die For and Life is Beautiful. The Festival has also discovered hit documentaries, such as Michael Moore's Roger and Me, and found a North American audience for international directors such as Krzysztof Kieslowski and Wong Kar-Wai.
Brave Films, Wild Nights will chronicle the 25 years of the Toronto International Film Festival, and will feature numerous photographs and fresh interviews with stars and directors who have made it the extraordinary cirque of cinema that it is today.
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