Faber & Faber

My Time With Antonioni: Wim Wenders

Synopsis:

Given the extraordinary circumstances recorded herein - two world-famous film-makers collaborate on a movie without speaking to each other - Wim Wenders' book is a more than usually enthralling account of the film-making process.

The great Michelangelo Antonioni's directing career was widely considered to be finally curtailed by the effects of a stroke which left him scarcely able to speak. But with the support of committed financiers and fellow professionals, he was able to make Beyond The Clouds (1995), a portmanteau adapted from his short fiction. Wenders, a passionate admirer of Antonioni, agreed to back-stop the production, to direct some linking sequences and to assist Antonioni on the shoot. This book is his journal of that process, in which Wenders writes thoughtfully and frankly about the difficulties of working with such a renowned but physically debilitated maestro.

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Categorised as:

Music, Stage & Screen

Sub-categories:

Film Books

Genres & Themes:

European Cinema; Film Makers; Interviews; New Wave