{"product_id":"merchant-ivory-interviews-paperback","title":"Merchant-Ivory: Interviews - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurence Raw\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMerchant-Ivory: Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e gathers together, for the first time, interviews made over a span of fifty years with director James Ivory (b. 1928), producer Ismail Merchant (1936-2005), and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927-2013). Beginning with their earliest work in India, and ending with James Ivory's last film, \u003ci\u003eThe City of Your Final Destination\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), the book traces their career, while offering valuable insights into their creative filmmaking process. The volume serves as a corrective to the prevailing critical orthodoxy attached to Merchant-Ivory's work, which tends to regard them as being solely concerned with historically accurate costumes and settings. As independent filmmakers, they have developed an idiosyncratic approach that resists facile classification. Merchant-Ivory have insisted on maintaining their independence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e More importantly, this book shows how Merchant-Ivory have always taken considerable care in casting their films, as well as treating actors with respect. This is a deliberate policy, designed to bring out one of the triumvirate's principal thematic concerns, running throughout their work--the impact of the \"clash of cultures\" on individuals. Partly this has been inspired by their collective experiences of living and working in different cultures. They do not offer any answers to this issue; rather they believe that their task is simply to raise awareness; to make filmgoers conscious of the importance of cultural sensitivities that assume paramount significance in any exchange, whether verbal or nonverbal.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurence Raw\u003c\/b\u003e (1959-2018) was professor of English at Baskent University in Ankara, Turkey. He authored several books, including \u003ci\u003eAdapting Henry James to the Screen: Gender, Fiction, and Film\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e The Ridley Scott Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eCharacter Actors in Horror and Science Fiction Films, 1930-1960\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 218\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685759225919,"sku":"9781496853707","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1b581e045313310fb1b0790ed576f7ee.webp?v=1764972289","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/merchant-ivory-interviews-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}