{"product_id":"charles-burnett-interviews-paperback","title":"Charles Burnett: Interviews - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert E. Kapsis\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Burnett (b. 1944) is a groundbreaking African American filmmaker and one of this country's finest directors, yet he remains largely unknown. His films, most notably Killer of Sheep (1977) and To Sleep with Anger (1990), are considered classics, yet few filmgoers have seen them or heard of Burnett. The interviews in this volume explore this paradox and collectively shed light on the work of a rare film master whose stories bring to the screen the texture and poetry of life in the black community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe best qualities of Burnett's films-rich characterizations, morally and emotionally complex narratives, and intricately observed tales of African American life-are precisely the things that make his films a tough sell in the mass marketplace. As many of the interviews reveal, Hollywood has been largely inept in responding to this marketing challenge. \"It takes an extraordinary effort to keep going,\" Burnett told Terrence Rafferty in 2001, \"when everybody's saying to you, 'No one wants to see that kind of movie, ' or 'There's no black audience.'\" All the interviews selected for this volume--spanning more than three decades of Burnett's directorial career, including his recent work--examine, in various degrees, Burnett's status as a true independent filmmaker and explore his motivation for making films that chronicle the black experience in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert E. Kapsis \u003c\/b\u003eis professor emeritus of sociology and film studies at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is author of \u003ci\u003eHitchcock: The Making of a Reputation. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also editor of \u003ci\u003eNichols and May: Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Woody Allen: Interviews, Revised and Updated\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eJonathan Demme: Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eConversations with Steve Martin\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor (with Kathie Coblentz) of \u003ci\u003eClint Eastwood: Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eClint Eastwood: Interviews, Revised and Updated\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWoody Allen: Interviews, \u003c\/i\u003eall published by University Press of Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 08, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42716798550079,"sku":"9781496825599","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3d5ab6ed887718329e1228d0d1c68bf2.webp?v=1765076225","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/charles-burnett-interviews-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}