Cassavetes Directs: On the Set of Love Streams

by Michael Ventura

Book Overview

In 1983 visionary director John Cassavetes asked journalist Michael Ventura to write a unique film study--an on-set diary of the making of his film Love Streams . Cassavetes laid out his expectations. He wanted "a daring book, a tough book." In Ventura's words, "All I had to do for 'daring' and 'tough' was transcribe this man's audacity day by day." Full of insight into not only the filmmaker but his actors and his Hollywood peers, the resulting book...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842432281
• ISBN13: 9781842432280
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Kamera Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"