“I also think it just taught me so much about the admiration I had for the performers, and their ability to contain and to completely trust their director. It’s not designed to be completely digested at a conscious level; it can’t be. There are many sequences that may be taking place in the imagination or in the possible imagination of one of the characters. That’s going to change from one reading to another. That’s what makes the film exciting.”
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"If you love films and care about filmmakers, you'll have a hard time putting this book down. These lively conversations reveal just how much one generation of filmmakers influences the next - and how a single movie can change the course of a young person's life and career."
-Leonard Maltin, author of Leanord Martin's Movie Guide -
"A great and provocative read. Elder begins with a simple question and leads a wide variety of filmmakers down all sorts of unexpected paths. Why do we respond so passionately, even irrationally, to the movies that change our lives? The wonderful thing about being a critic or a lifelong movie lover is that life changes all the time in relation to the spells being cast on the screen. Elder's book honors that alchemic relationship many times over. It's addictive."
-Michael Phillips, film critic, Chicago Tribune