The World and its Double: The Life and Work of Otto Preminger, by Chris Fujiwara, is a fascinating re-examination of a famously volatile and much misunderstood Hollywood maestro.
Chris Fujiwara is a writer, film critic, journalist, editor, and translator. He is the general editor of Defining Moments in Movies (Cassell Illustrated), and the author of Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall (Johns Hopkins University Press.)
"[A] major contribution to what we know about Preminger--substantially surpassing former efforts."--Jonathan Rosenbaum, "Cineaste""Gives Preminger's work the serious and subtle analysis it deserves."--Geoffrey O'Brien, author of "The Phantom Empire: Movies in the Mind of the Twentieth Century""Exceptional."--Christopher Hontos, "The Rake""A rich, rewarding, unique volume that sets the standard in the study of this key director in the history of American cinema."--Dana Polan, Professor of Cinema Studies, New York University"It's clear early on that Fujiwara 'gets' [Preminger] . . . [He] is a serious and valuable critic [and] does an excellent job of directing us back to the movies."--Robert Horton, "Film Comment"
"[A] major contribution to what we know about Preminger--substantially surpassing former efforts."--Jonathan Rosenbaum, "Cineaste""Gives Preminger's work the serious and subtle analysis it deserves."--Geoffrey O'Brien, author of "The Phantom Empire: Movies in the Mind of the Twentieth Century""Exceptional."--Christopher Hontos, "The Rake""A rich, rewarding, unique volume that sets the standard in the study of this key director in the history of American cinema."--Dana Polan, Professor of Cinema Studies, New York University"It's clear early on that Fujiwara 'gets' [Preminger] . . . [He] is a serious and valuable critic [and] does an excellent job of directing us back to the movies."--Robert Horton, "Film Comment"
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