{"product_id":"martin-ritt-interviews-paperback","title":"Martin Ritt: Interviews - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGabriel Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of interviews provides a revealing self-portrait of Martin Ritt (1914-1990), America's preeminent maker of social films and one of the most sensitive portraitists of the rural South.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRitt's Hollywood career began in 1958 with \u003cem\u003eEdge of the City\u003c\/em\u003e and ended in 1990 with the release of \u003cem\u003eStanley and Iris\u003c\/em\u003e. In all, he directed twenty-six movies, including some of Hollywood's most enduring films--\u003cem\u003eHud\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHombre\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Brotherhood\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Molly Maguires\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Front\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNorma Rae\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlthough he gave mostly boilerplate interviews to the press when promoting a movie, Ritt provided more revealing interviews for seminars, oral histories, and documentary filmmakers. The most significant of these, published here for the first time, create a close-up portrait of this distinguished director of plays and films.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRitt speaks eloquently about his years with the Group Theatre and recreates the passion of the director Harold Clurman. He tells how the Group shaped his ideas about art and the communal nature of the theatrical enterprise, which he extended into his work in film. He speaks of his relationship with Clifford Odets and Elia Kazan, and he talks in detail about his experiences with the blacklist, directing and acting in TV during its Golden Age, his career as a theater director, and his experiences working with such actors as Paul Newman, Sally Field, Sophia Loren, Orson Welles, and Robert De Niro. Ritt discusses his philosophy of directing, the place of film in the history of art, his quarrels with \"auteur theory,\" and the influence of his politics on his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of interviews with one of America's preeminent makers of social films and one of the most sensitive portraitists of the rural South\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabriel Miller \u003c\/b\u003eis chair of the English department at Rutgers University, Newark. He is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Films of Martin Ritt: Fanfare for the Common Man\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eFred Zinnemann: Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWilliam Wyler: Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by University Press of Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9.16 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42714739867711,"sku":"9781578064342","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/96d3aab8a57f50068b971b71c84588a3.webp?v=1765069175","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/martin-ritt-interviews-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}