Secret Lives of Great Filmmakers: What Your Teachers Never Told You about the World's Greatest Directors
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Secret Lives of Great Filmmakers: What Your Teachers Never Told You about the World's Greatest Directors
By (Author) Robert Schnakenberg
Illustrated by Mario Zucca
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Quirk Books
Quirk Books
1st February 2009
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
791.4302330922
Physical Properties
Paperback
288
Width 134mm, Height 203mm, Spine 19mm
397g
Description
On the heels of Secret Lives of Great Authors, Great Artists, and Great Composers comes Secret Lives of Great Filmmakers-an uncensored look at screen legends ranging from D. W. Griffi th and Frank Capra to Martin Scorsese and the Coen Brothers. Readers will discover that- Charlie Chaplin's corpse was stolen and held for a 400,000e ransom. Akira Kurosawa dreamed of making the ultimate Godzilla film. Alfred Hitchcock "lost" his belly button during abdominal surgery-and often shocked his leading ladies by flashing his curiously smooth tummy. David Lynch won't allow cooking in his home; the odor of heated food disturbs him. With outrageous anecdotes ranging from the weird to the bizarre, Secret Lives of Great Filmmakers is a hilarious behind-the-scenes look at the making of movies.
Reviews
When Robert Schnakenberg's Secret Lives of Great Filmmakers arrived in my mailbox, I braced myself for 288 pages of future dinner-party tidbits. To my delight, it delivered.USA Today, Popcandy
Author Bio
Robert Schnakenberg is the author of several nonfiction books, including Secret Lives of Great Authors. He lives in Brooklyn.
