Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2014.
Call No: 81WEI PET
Author: Tibbetts, John C; Thomson, David
Source: US
Place: Jackson, Mississippi
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
PubDate: 2014
PhysDes: xlii, 261 pages ; 24 cm
Series: Conversations with filmmakers series
Subject: ADAPTATIONS; AUTEUR THEORY; DIRECTORS; EDITING; INTERVIEWING; REALITY TV; WAR IN FILMS; WEIR, PETER; BOYD, RUSSELL; CARS THAT ATE PARIS, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1974); DEAD POETS SOCIETY (US, Peter Weir, 1989); FEARLESS (US, Peter Weir, 1993); GALLIPOLI (AT, Peter Weir, 1981); GREEN CARD (AT/FR, Peter Weir, 1990); HOMESDALE (AT, Peter Weir, 1971); LAST WAVE, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1977); MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (US, Peter Weir, 2003); MOSQUITO COAST, THE (US, Peter Weir, 1986); PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (AT, Peter Weir, 1975); PLUMBER, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1980); TRUMAN SHOW, THE (US, Peter Weir, 1998); WAY BACK, THE (US, Peter Weir, 2010); WITNESS (US, Peter Weir, 1985); YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1982)
Summary: 'Peter Weir: Interviews' is the first volume of interviews to be published on the esteemed Australian director. Although Weir (b. 1944) has acquired a reputation of being guarded about his life and work, these interviews by archivists, journalists, historians, and colleagues reveal him to be a most amiable and forthcoming subject. [...] Interviews discuss Weir's diverse and impressive range of work - his earlier films 'Picnic at Hanging Rock', 'The Last Wave', 'Gallipoli', and 'The Year of Living Dangerously', as well as Academy Award-nominated 'Witness', 'Dead Poets Society', 'Green Card', 'The Truman Show', and 'Master and Commander'. This book confirms the trajectory of Weir's life and work parallels and embodies Australia's quest to define and express a historical and cultural identity." -- BOOK BLURB
Notes: Includes chronology and filmography for Peter Weir's work; includes index
ISBN: 9781617038976
Contents: Foreword by David Thomson -- Introduction: "unmet friends": encounters with Peter Weir -- Chronology -- Filmography -- Peter Weir: reclaiming a Sydney boyhood: John C. Tibbetts / 2012 -- Peter Weir: snapshots in time: John C. Tibbetts / 2012 -- Peter Weir: early days: Sue Mathews / 1985 -- Small screens and big screens: television and film: Graham Shirley / 1991 -- The first features: 'The Cars That Ate Paris: Tom Hogan / 1973 -- "Weir, weird, and weirder still": the riddle of Hanging Rock: David Castell / 1976 -- Years of living dangerously: 'The Last Wave', 'The Plumber', 'Gallipoli', 'The Year of Living Dangerously': Sue Mathews / 1985 -- Interview with Peter Weir: Luisa Ceretto and Andrea Morini / 1999 -- Peter Weir: master of unease: Terry Dowling and George Mannix / 1980 -- Towards the center: Tom Ryan and Brian McFarlane / 1981 -- The swizzle stick: Peter Weir and Hollywood genres: Jonathan Rayner / 1993 -- The iceman cometh: 'Mosquito Coast': Digby Diehl / 1986 -- 'Fearless': the poetry of apocalypse: John C. Tibbetts / 1993 -- Poetry man: 'Dead Poets Society': Nancy Griffin -- Weir's worlds: 'The Truman Show': Virginia Campbell -- This is your life: 'The Truman Show': Eric Rudolph / 1998 -- He's fought his own way back to work: Terence Rafferty / 2011 -- "I am your eyes": interviews with Russell Boyd, ACS, ASC: John C. Tibbetts / 2012 -- Appendix: Notes on 'Gallipoli -- Interview with executive producer Francis O'Brien -- Peter Weir's Anzac lecture -- additional sources -- index
