{"product_id":"anthony-minghella-interviews-paperback","title":"Anthony Minghella: Interviews - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMario Falsetto\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthony Minghella: Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e is an illuminating anthology of in-depth conversations with this important contemporary film director and producer. The collection explores Minghella's ideas on every aspect of the cinematic creative process including screenwriting, acting, editing, the use of music in film, and other topics concerning the role of the film director. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Minghella (1954-2008) was a highly regarded British playwright (\u003ci\u003eMade in Bangkok\u003c\/i\u003e), and television writer (\u003ci\u003eInspector Morse\u003c\/i\u003e) before turning to film directing with his quirky, highly regarded first film, \u003ci\u003eTruly, Madly, Deeply\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1990. He went on to direct an extraordinary trilogy of large-scale films, all adapted from significant works of contemporary literature. Minghella's 1996 adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's poetic novel \u003ci\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/i\u003e was the director's most critically and commercially successful film and went on to win dozens of awards around the world, including nine academy awards. Minghella followed this film with his entertaining, elegant adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's \u003ci\u003eThe Talented Mr. Ripley\u003c\/i\u003e, a film that enjoyed great critical and commercial success and featured some of the best acting of the 1990s by its talented cast of young, rising stars, Jude Law, Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Minghella's ambitious adaptation of Charles Frazier's American Civil War romance, \u003ci\u003eCold Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, was released in 2003, and firmly marked Minghella as a director of intimate, yet large-scale epic cinema worthy of David Lean. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although Minghella was a successful film director and producer, he was also an important part of the cultural life of the U.K. He was awarded a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2001 for his contributions to culture, and he was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the British Film Institute from 2004 to 2007.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751863124256,"sku":"9781496858009","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3945c3be506db8b4f016d9bb54103b3b.webp?v=1779982193","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/anthony-minghella-interviews-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}