Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada, 1992
ISBN 10: 0874171865 ISBN 13: 9780874171860
Anbieter: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, USA
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
Erstausgabe Signiert
Green Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Black and White Photgraphs (illustrator). First Edition. 243 Immaculate Pages. Blue Cloth. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. Inscribed By Elizabeth Lorentz And Signed By Three Children. "In Spite Of Inadequate Budgets, Bureaucratic Red Tape, Professional And Industrial Jealousy, And Outright Oppostion, Lorentz Developed New Filming Techiques And Set New Standards In His Documentaries, Which Are Regarded As Classics Today. Along With Robert Flaherty, John Gierson And Joris Ivens, Lorentz Is Considered One Of The Great Pioneers Of The Documentary Film, And His Films And Writings Continue To Influence Subsequent Generations Of Filmmakers Worldwide. 'Fdr"S Movemaker', Wirtten Entirely By Pare Lorentz, Combines The Autobiographical History Of A Creative Communicator With The Full Scripts Of 'The Plow That Broke The Plains', 'The River', 'Ecce Homo', And 'The Fight For Life'. Woven Into Lorentz's Materials Are Previously Unpublished Communications From John Steinbeck And A Narrative Of The Filmmaker's Friendship With That Famous Author. In Addition, 'Fdr's Moviemaker' Provides Some Revealing Anecodotes Of Roosevelt's Feelings For Motion Pictures And The Author's Association With The Four-Time President." This Book Protected By A Brodart Cover. Signed by Illustrator(s).