Conversations At The American Film Institute With The Great Moviemakers: The Next Generation"
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![Jack Sayles uses his earnings as a screenwriter for hire to finance his independent films. Here he is behind the camera on the 1983 film "Baby It's You," which he wrote and directed.
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- Photo credit American Film Institute")
Jack Sayles uses his earnings as a screenwriter for hire to finance his independent films. Here he is behind the camera on the 1983 film "Baby It's You," which he wrote and directed.
Photo credit American Film Institute
The American Film Institute’s founding director George Stevens offers an inside look at the art and craft of making movies. His new book presents conversations between students and moviemakers from the 1950s to Hollywood today.
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George Stevens, Jr.
award-winning film and television writer, director, producer, and founder of the American Film Institute. He is also author of “Conversations With The Great Moviemakers Of Hollywood’s Golden Age At The American Film Institute.”
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Excerpted from "Conversations at the American Film Institute with the Great Moviemakers: The Next Generation" by George Stevens, Jr. Copyright © 2012 by the American Film Institute. Excerpted by permission of Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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Female directors of the silent era -- Alice Guy-Blaché and Lois Weber are among the most celebrated. Women found the most success as screenwriters during this time. Look to Francis Marion as a prime example (she also dabbled in directing, I believe).
A waste of time, I was hoping to hear conversation about great filmmaking and great filmmakers, instead I heard about the relationship between Hollywood and every liberal cause for the last fifty years. Grow Up.
After years of listening to Diane's show you finally had a topic that I could not resist calling in for. Given that my grandfather, Sam Bratter and my father Morty Bratter, were in partnership with the founders of 20th Century Fox, and Warner Brothers in New Jersey where the first films were made and where Edison invented film, I'm glad there was time for me to bring some family history to your audience.
If you go to my facebook page you'll find a more extensive description of my grandfather and father's lives in the early movies.
So sad when this interview ended! The process behind film making is so utterly fascinating.
The caption for the photo of the wonderful director above reads "Jack Sayles."
Perhaps his close friends call him that, but all his credits list him of course
as "John Sayles."
I think new movies will never be as influential as the ones made in the fifties and even before that. We're talking about movies which changed the views of our society and set the start of many major changes in the our attitude and behavior. Nowadays we only see incredible special effects but do they make us better in any way? Look at the youth! They all want to be high speed drivers or girls wearing short skirts as if working in the red light district. It's not just Hollywood's fault, more like parent's inadequate decision to let TV, movies and music act as the main educator of their kids. Why not let them watch some of the unforgettable movies of the past? I know it's tough being a parent but right now America is going straight down to hell and no one is doing anything about it!