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- English
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Hawks on Hawks
About this book
A portrait of the renowned film director based on seven years of interviews: "I am very happy that this book exists." âFrançois Truffaut
Howard Hawks is often credited as the most versatile of the great American directors, having worked with equal ease in screwball comedies, westerns, gangster movies, musicals, and adventure films. He directed an impressive number of Hollywood's greatest starsâincluding Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Rosalind Russell, and Marilyn Monroeâand some of his most celebrated films include Scarface, Bringing Up Baby, The Big Sleep, Red River, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Rio Bravo.
Hawks on Hawks draws on interviews that author Joseph McBride conducted with the director over the course of seven years, giving rare insight into Hawks's artistic philosophy, his relationships with the stars, and his position in an industry that was rapidly changing. In its new edition, this classic book is both an account of the film legend's life and work and a guidebook on how to make movies.
"There are going to be many biographies of Howard Hawks, but they will all lean heavily on this book; the pioneer so honestly reveals himself and the people with whom he worked." â Los Angeles Times
Howard Hawks is often credited as the most versatile of the great American directors, having worked with equal ease in screwball comedies, westerns, gangster movies, musicals, and adventure films. He directed an impressive number of Hollywood's greatest starsâincluding Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Rosalind Russell, and Marilyn Monroeâand some of his most celebrated films include Scarface, Bringing Up Baby, The Big Sleep, Red River, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Rio Bravo.
Hawks on Hawks draws on interviews that author Joseph McBride conducted with the director over the course of seven years, giving rare insight into Hawks's artistic philosophy, his relationships with the stars, and his position in an industry that was rapidly changing. In its new edition, this classic book is both an account of the film legend's life and work and a guidebook on how to make movies.
"There are going to be many biographies of Howard Hawks, but they will all lean heavily on this book; the pioneer so honestly reveals himself and the people with whom he worked." â Los Angeles Times
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Storytelling
- 2. Beginnings
- 3. Silent Films
- 4. Talking Pictures
- 5. The Business of Movies
- 6. Working with Writers: I
- 7. Working with Actors
- 8. Scarface and Howard Hughes
- 9. Two Films with James Cagney
- 10. William Faulkner
- 11. MGM and Viva Villa!
- 12. Twentieth Century
- 13. Comedy and Tragedy
- 14. Grant and Hepburn
- 15. Working with Writers: II
- 16. His Girl Friday
- 17. Camerawork
- 18. Samuel Goldwyn
- 19. Sergeant York
- 20. Air Force
- 21. Ernest Hemingway
- 22. The Hawksian Woman
- 23. Bogart and The Big Sleep
- 24. Walter Brennan
- 25. John Ford
- 26. The Western
- 27. John Wayne
- 28. Red River
- 29. Marilyn Monroe
- 30. Music
- 31. Themes and Variations: Three Westerns
- 32. Hatari!
- 33. Critics
- 34. Todayâs Actresses
- 35. Todayâs Movies
- 36. Late Projects
- 37. Advice to Young Directors
- Filmography
- Selected Bibliography
- Index