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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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Pete Docter on Paper Moon
“Every shot was chosen; you could see that it was meticulously planned out. It was so deceptively simple. It’s kind of like a haiku.”
Arthur Hiller on Open City
“I think it’s been there since I saw the film, but it may have been in me before that. It’s what they call an affirmation of the human spirit.”
Michael Polish on Once Upon a Time in America
“Leone had more films to do before he passed away, but if any film was going to kill him, it was Once Upon a Time in America. You can’t make a film like that, for that many years, and have it released at an hour and forty-five minutes and expect to have any reason to live after that.”
Guy Maddin on L’âge d’or
“I stumbled across it up here in Canada. For some reason, I was in the habit of tuning into the French channel because they also ran a lot of nudity. It was something you kept trying to dial on your TV like a slot machine, just to see what kind of jackpot you could hit on the French channel.”