{"product_id":"john-ford-interviews-paperback-2","title":"John Ford: Interviews - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGerald Peary\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first collection of interviews with John Ford (1895-1973), whom many aficionados of fine films consider not only the major American filmmaker but also one of the most extraordinary American artists of the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Among the world's filmmakers who have been devotees of Ford's work are Jean-Luc Godard, Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurosawa, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Wim Wenders, and Orson Welles, who, when asked from whom he learned how to make \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e, exclaimed \"John Ford, John Ford, John Ford!\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And yet, Ford, unquestionably a giant of the international film world, is far less known, his genius less recognized, although his accomplishments comprise perhaps the best film biography of all time (\u003ci\u003eYoung Mr. Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e), the best war film (\u003ci\u003eThey Were Expendable\u003c\/i\u003e), a masterly romance (\u003ci\u003eThe Quiet Man\u003c\/i\u003e), a sublime film of childhood (\u003ci\u003eHow Green Was My Valley\u003c\/i\u003e), classic adaptations from fiction (\u003ci\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Long Voyage Home\u003c\/i\u003e), and the American Western, on which he left his indelible signature (\u003ci\u003eStagecoach\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Darling Clementine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFort Apache\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShe Wore a Yellow Ribbon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Searchers\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although his was a brilliant career, Ford was not a self-promoter. He refused to discuss his film art. In fact, with interviewers he proved to be gruff and impatient. With those who asked him intellectual questions he was downright cantankerous. His sarcasm, impatience, and occasional mean-spiritedness were quick to surface during interviews. The legend is that he was the interviewee from hell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yet there were times when he let the walls down and spoke openly and even generously. This book includes at least a dozen such lucid encounters with him, many reprinted for the first time. Also, for the first time several French interviews have been translated into English and show how with French critics Ford enjoyed making conversation. Included too are interviews newly discovered and not listed previously in any bibliography, as well as his poignant and revelatory interviews granted when he knew he was dying.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first collection of interviews with the legendary American director of such films as Young Mr. Lincoln, The Quiet Man, The Grapes of Wrath, and Stagecoach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerald Peary\u003c\/b\u003e, a film studies professor at Suffolk University, Boston, is a film critic for the \u003ci\u003eArts Fuse\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eQuentin Tarantino: Interviews \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSamuel Fuller: Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by University Press of Mississippi. He is also series editor of the Conversations with Filmmakers Series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.99 x 5.93 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 02, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47344334602489,"sku":"9781578063987","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/akFIYmEwdUxObmsxQWFTZ2EySmRIdz09_bd24ad65-ae07-4ce8-882c-8e66198eff58.webp?v=1769729668","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/john-ford-interviews-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}