- Paperback: 350 pages
- Publisher: University of California Press; 1 edition (Dec 11 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0520249992
- ISBN-13: 978-0520249998
- Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 1.5 x 0.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
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Oscar nominee Ivory, one-third of the celebrated Merchant Ivory film team, discusses his approach to movies with Long (The Films of Merchant Ivory), revealing his thoughts on his work, the machinations of studios and the mistakes he's made, including casting Raquel Welch in The Wild Party. Classy fare is a Merchant Ivory trademark, what Ivory dubs "sophisticated entertainment." The production team—director Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant and writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala—has created such classics as A Room with a View, Howard's End and The Remains of the Day. Long groups the team's films according to production location, such as India, England, America and France. Given this format, a filmography would be helpful in putting Ivory's career in context, since the book covers his work from college documentaries to 2003's Le Divorce; alas, there is none. Long provides only two-line plot descriptions for each film; he's more interested in providing an appreciation of Ivory's triumph over difficulties (from ornery actors to scathing reviews) and an insightful interpretation of his movies. Structured as an informal chat between two friends, the book is quite readable, a solid resource for scholars of Merchant Ivory films as well as an in-depth study of Ivory's directorial sensibilities. 70 b&w photos. (Apr.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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"Ivory is a robust and intelligent man, interested in all sorts of things and a good observer of what goes on around him." - The Times "This series of conversations... informs and engages. Ivory charmingly speaks about a career that includes credits ranging from 'A Room with a View' to 'Surviving Picasso.' He offers insight into his technique and artistic approach, selection of subject matter, choice of actors, and interactions with associates like producer Ismail Merchant and writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.... Illuminating and often humorous." - Carol J. Binkowski, Library Journal "James Ivory is one of our greatest living directors, and these pages, deliciously poised between diplomacy and indiscretion, brim with his vast experience of every nook and cranny of the film world. Offering precious insights into how the cinematic cultures of Europe, Asia and America, of Arthouse and Hollywood, came to be blended into a ravishingly beautiful body of work, Ivory also draws for us a vivid picture of what it really feels like to put together an independent movie." - Kazuo Ishiguro"
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Intricate Maneuvers, Dec 26 2005
By Larry Rochelle - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: James Ivory in Conversation: How Merchant Ivory Makes Its Movies (Hardcover)
The production values of a famous film auteur are revealed in Robert Emmet Long's book, JAMES IVORY IN CONVERSATION.Merchant Ivory production secrets are revealed in great detail, with much gossip and in great depth. Long's questions are very knowledgeable, and James Ivory's answers are candid, humorous and often quite pointed. We learn much about his relationship with Anthony Hopkins. We find out such how frightening the Eiffel Tower scene was for the actors in LE DIVORCE. And, we go behind the scenes as Ivory interviews various cast members and finally lands them for roles in his beautiful movies.
His partnership with the late Ismail Merchant is set before us warmly, and his appreciation for India, Paris and Venice are detailed delightfully.
Throughout the interview, Ivory gives the specifics of his many uses for art and artists in his films. The difficulties in working with Picasso's family are well told, and the fabrication of many pieces of art for his films (with permission from the artists, of course) is well explained and fascinating.
Students of film and art will be smiling throughout the book as the settings in so many wonderful films are described with life-like realism.
Reviewed by Larry Rochelle, Author of BOURBON AND BLISS, DEATH AND DEVOTION, THE MEPHISTO DIARY, GULF GHOST and BLUE ICE.
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