A frank, personal story of the joys and pitfalls of making movies by a world famous film-maker.

Explores the impulse to transform literary narrative into cinematic discourse through the work of several postwar Italian film-makers - Visconti, De Sica, Pasol

Why does a director choose a particular script? What must they do in order to keep actors fresh and truthful through take after take of a single scene? How do y

The art and legacy of a towering figure in the independent film movement.

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.