The Films of Alan Parker, 1976-2003

David F. Gonthier Jr.,Timothy M. O'Brien

The Films of Alan Parker, 1976-2003
Format
Paperback
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Country
United States
Published
20 August 2015
Pages
324
ISBN
9780786497256

The Films of Alan Parker, 1976-2003

David F. Gonthier Jr.,Timothy M. O'Brien

The offbeat musicals Fame (1980), Pink Floyd The Wall (1982), The Commitments (1991) and Evita (1996)… The stylized biopics Midnight Express (1978), Mississippi Burning (1988), The Road to Wellville (1994) and Angela’s Ashes (1999)… The visceral social dramas Shoot the Moon (1982), Birdy (1984), Come See the Paradise (1990) and The Life of David Gale (2003)… The one-of-kind genre films Bugsy Malone (1979) and Angel Heart (1987)… These are the films of British director, writer, producer and cartoonist Sir Alan Parker. Among many awards and a knighthood, Parker is the founding director of the Director’s Guild of Great Britain, and in 2013 won the honorary British Academy of Film and Television Arts Fellowship Award.

Parker is known for his humility as a director and has never considered himself an auteur: I have total admiration for film crews. They are the true heroes of the filmmaking process, not directors. He has worked alongside producer Alan Marshall, cinematographer Michael Seresin and the late film editor, Gerry Hambling. This book is the first study of his complete body of feature films (1976-2003).

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