Above The Line: Conversations About The Movies - Softcover

Grobel, Lawrence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306809788 ISBN 13: 9780306809781

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2000

Synopsis

Above the Line is a dazzling gathering of insights and anecdotes from all corners of the film industry. The interviews (portions of which originally appeared in Playboy and Movieline ) explore from the inside the skills, intelligence, experiences, and emotions of eleven key players who produce, write, direct, act, and review the movies, including Oliver Stone, Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Robert Evans, Lily Tomlin, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Harrison Ford, Robert Towne, Sharon Stone, and Siskel and Ebert. Witty, scathing, gossipy, generous, the interviewees show just what make the movies work from "above the line"—from the perspective of those whose names go above the title. These are the "talent"—the gifted individuals, often with inflated egos, often torn by doubts—each representing a piece of the puzzle that somehow gives rise to the best in moviemaking today.

About this title

About the Author:

Lawrence Grobel has been a freelance writer for more than thirty years, writing for the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Playboy, Movieline , and many other periodicals; Playboy called him the interviewer's interviewer” after his historic conversation with Marlon Brando. Grobel has written several books, including Conversations with Capote, Talking with Michener, and The Hustons . He lives in Los Angeles.

Review:

"If there is a Mozart of interviewers, Larry Grobel is that individual." -- Joyce Carol Oates, from the introduction to Above the Line

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0306809788
• ISBN 13: 9780306809781
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352