John Russell Taylor Books

Taylor, John Russell, Penguin Dictionary Of The Theatre, The

Orson Welles offers a fascinating peek behin d the mask, looking at the ascertainable facts of his life, his loves and his collaborations, and examines the ways in w hich the Welles legend has been constructed by himself, his friends and his enemies. '

Examines the transitional period of the 1940s in Hollywood film including the development of new genres and the impact of the war on American cinema

This is a study of nine key film-makers who came into prominence in the early 70s: Claude Chabrol, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Lindsay Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey, Satyajit Ray, Miklos Jancso, and Du an Makavejev representing seven film-producing countries. In this book John Russell Taylor does for the 1970s what his earlier book "Cinema Eye, Cinema Ear" did for the 1960s: he disentangles some of the major talents from the minor, and subjects them to close critical scrutiny, documenting their careers, detailing their development as individual creators, and placing them in their social and artistic context. Thus the book provides an invaluable synopsis and guide for all who are interested in the development of modern cinema. It includes a comprehensive bibliography and fully detailed filmographies.

This celebratory volume is a tribute to Alec Guinness's life, achievements and passions, chronicling his rise through film, theatre and writing. During a career that began in the 1930's Guinness captured imaginations with each new role played, quickly earning him the reputation as 'the man with a thousand masks'.