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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
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John Woo on Rebel Without a Cause
“I love James Dean. After I saw this movie, I began to dress like him. I combed my hair like him, but I couldn’t afford to buy wax, so I had to use water. I even talked like him. He was a very influential idol to me.”
Richard Linklater on Raging Bull
“And even that girl I went with, we broke up shortly thereafter because she said it was boring. I was so mad. I’d had, like, this huge experience, and she walked out and goes, ‘Eh, it was kind of boring.’ I was, like, ‘Who am I with? This is crazy!’ That was the end of that.”
Frank Oz on Touch of Evil
“All I remember is every time I look at it I am never ever bored with this thing. I always find new things that Welles did. I don’t remember the first time that I saw it. Isn’t that funny?”
Neil LaBute on The Soft Skin
“I’ve seen it at different times of my life and in different stages, and I think it is fresh each time. But I haven’t lost my initial respect for it. And it’s true that I probably admire more than love it. I think that’s partly due to its construction, that kind of distance; there’s sort of Truffaut’s hand on your chest, he doesn’t let you in completely.”