Michael Powell: Interviews

by Michael Powell and David Lazar

Book Overview

British filmmaker Michael Powell (1905-1990) began his career assisting director Rex Ingram in the waning years of silent film. Given a boost by Alfred Hitchcock, Powell spent much of the 1930s directing what were known as "quota quickies," low-budget B movies. Later he created some of the most daring, interesting, and literate films ever made, including The Edge of the World (1937), Peeping Tom (1960), and his work with Hungarian-born filmmaker Emeric...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578064988
• ISBN13: 9781578064984
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"