{"product_id":"sidney-lumet","title":"Sidney Lumet","description":"Sidney Lumet (b. 1924) is considered one of the most gifted and socially conscious American filmmakers of his generation. His best-known movies--including \u003cem\u003eSerpico\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDog Day Afternoon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Verdict\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e12 Angry Men\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNetwork\u003c\/em\u003e--have garnered him an Honorary Academy Award in 2005, multiple Oscar nominations for Best Director, the D. W. Griffith Award for Lifetime Achievement, and numerous other tributes.  This book features over twenty interviews with the director, including an interview conducted by the editor for this volume. One of the few mainstream directors who works outside of Hollywood, Lumet discusses how his home base, New York City, fuels his films. Candid, outspoken and occasionally brash, Lumet talks passionately and clearly about his work with great actors (among them Al Pacino, Faye Dunaway, River Phoenix, and Sean Connery) and acclaimed screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky.  Insisting that moviemaking is collaborative, Lumet often notes his determination to find styles that serve the many different kinds of stories he has told, such as the social drama \u003cem\u003eThe Pawnbroker\u003c\/em\u003e, the crime films \u003cem\u003ePrince of the City\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSerpico\u003c\/em\u003e, the intimate family piece \u003cem\u003eGarbo Talks\u003c\/em\u003e, the play adaptation \u003cem\u003eLong Day's Journey into Night\u003c\/em\u003e, and the television series \u003cem\u003e100 Centre Street\u003c\/em\u003e. Joanna E. Rapf is professor of English and of film and video studies at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eOn the Waterfront\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBuster Keaton: A Bio-Bibliography\u003c\/em\u003e, and her work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eFilm Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLiterature\/Film Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePost Script\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eJournal of Popular Culture\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56795095761240,"sku":"9781578067244","price":28.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781578067244.jpg?v=1779941760","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/sidney-lumet","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}