Contents

pp v-vi

Foreword, by Jonathan Rosenbaum

pp vii-x

Editor's Preface

pp xi-xiv

Acknowledgements

pp xv-xvi

Introduction: The Art and Craft of Interviewing

pp xvii-xxii

I - Going Hollywood: Masters of Studio Style

pp 1-2

1 - Angel in Exile: Allan Dwan

pp 3-16

2 - “An Unhappy Happy End”: Douglas Sirk

pp 17-38

3 - Somebody Up There Likes Me: Robert Wise

pp 39-64

4 - “The Greatest Movie the World Has Never Seen”: Peter Bogdanovich and Joseph McBride on Orson Welles' The Other Side of the Wind

pp 65-88

5 - “Plant Your Feet and Tell the Truth”: Clint Eastwood

pp 89-102

II - Tickets to the Dark Side: Festival Favorites

pp 103-104

6 - Manderlay: Lars von Trier

pp 105-112

7 - 20 Angosht (20 Fingers): Mania Akbari

pp 113-122

8 - I Am a Sex Addict: Caveh Zahedi

pp 123-130

9 - Caché (Hidden): Michael Haneke

pp 131-138

III - Blows Against the Empire: Indie Godfathers

pp 139-140

10 - Sweet Soul Music: Melvin and Mario Van Peebles

pp 141-152

11 - Nearer My Corman to Thee: Roger Corman, Bruce Dern and David Carradine

pp 153-172

IV - Edgeplay: Avant-Garde Auteurs

pp 173-174

12 - An Actionist Begins to Sing: Otto Muehl, by Andrew Grossman

pp 175-206

13 - “They're Panicking, Look at Them!” The Brothers Quay

pp 207-224

V - Women in Revolt: Artist-Activists

pp 225-226

14 - Dialogues with Madwomen: Allie Light

pp 227-234

15 - Shut Up & Sing: Barbara Kopple

pp 235-244

VI - The Canon: Brilliance without Borders

pp 245-246

16 - “For a Kind of Pleasure”: Federico Fellini

pp 247-264

17 - Transcendental Style, Poetic Precision: Robert Bresson

pp 265-298

18 - “The Fruitful Tree Bends”: Abbas Kiarostami

pp 299-322