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  • Daniel Talbot
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. FOREWORD xi
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
  5. INTRODUCTION Fragments from the Dream World xvii
  6. PART 1 EARLY YEARS
  7. NUEVA YORK 1
  8. THE NEW YORKER THEATER 11
  9. THEATER DIARY: 1960 13
  10. THE IDEAL MOVIE HOUSE 16
  11. THE IDEAL MOVIE HOUSE 18
  12. WHAT TO PLAY 21
  13. BELLA AND THE CRITIC 27
  14. CHANDLER BROSSARD 31
  15. PART 2 THOSE WHO MADE ME LAUGH
  16. MAE WEST AND W. C. FIELDS 33
  17. THE MARX BROTHERS 38
  18. PART 3 UNSUNG FILM PIONEERS
  19. COLLECTORS 41
  20. EARLY DISTRIBUTORS 45
  21. ED HARRISON’S INDIAN IDOL 48
  22. MEL NOVIKOFF West Coast Perfectionist 51
  23. PRESENTING DON RUGOFF Manhattan Exhibitor Like No Other 53
  24. PART 4 ACQUISITIONS
  25. EMILE DE ANTONIO AND THE MAKING OF POINT OF ORDER 59
  26. NEW YORKER FILMS 67
  27. MY DINNER WITH ANDRÉ 69
  28. RULES OF THE GAME 71
  29. PART 5 DIRECTORS IN MY LIFE
  30. YASUJIRO OZU 73
  31. NAGISA OSHIMA 77
  32. OUSMANE SEMBÈNE 78
  33. ROBERTO ROSSELLINI 81
  34. JEAN- LUC GODARD 84
  35. RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER 87
  36. WIM WENDERS 91
  37. WERNER HERZOG 93
  38. PART 6 SHOAH
  39. CLAUDE LANZMANN 97
  40. A MEMORY PROJECT 103
  41. PART 7 MORE DIRECTORS
  42. AGNÈS VARDA 105
  43. JACQUES TATI 111
  44. GLAUBER ROCHA 114
  45. JEAN EUSTACHE 118
  46. PART 8 CRITERIA
  47. FROM THE SAFETY OF MY LIVING ROOM 121
  48. ROZHINKEL 127
  49. MIURA 129
  50. “IGNATZ, DON’T GO SO DEEP.” 132
  51. MINYAN 134
  52. PART 9 REFLECTIONS
  53. CLUSTERS OF FRAGMENTED MOMENTS 137
  54. THE NEW FRANKNESS 142
  55. DEATH EQUALS FREEDOM 154
  56. TAKE TO THE STREETS 157
  57. PART 10 PORTRAITS
  58. PETE MARTIN AND THE NEW YORKER BOOKSHOP 159
  59. PAULINE KAEL Fueled by Fire 168
  60. VINCENT CANBY With Brains and Heart 177
  61. TOSCAN Gaumont’s Wit 180
  62. THE INDOMITABLE LIA VAN LEER Founder of the Jerusalem Cinematheque 183
  63. KIESLOWSKI, MALLE, AND MASTROIANNI Three Lives and Three Deaths 185
  64. GIANNI AMICO AND JACQUES DEMY Journal Excerpts 189
  65. PART 11 UPPER WEST SIDE CINEMAS
  66. UPPER WEST SIDE 193
  67. ALL SEATS $1.00 AT ALL TIMES 198
  68. ALL SEATS $1.00 AT ALL TIMES 201
  69. THE METRO 204
  70. THE LINCOLN PLAZA CINEMAS 206
  71. THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF RUNNING A MOVIE THEATER 212
  72. FESTIVALS 217
  73. EPILOGUE 221
  74. APPENDIX EXCERPTS FROM DAN TALBOT’S FESTIVAL NOTES 227
  75. CREDITS 287
  76. INDEX 289
https://doi.org/10.7312/talb20314-033

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. FOREWORD xi
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
  5. INTRODUCTION Fragments from the Dream World xvii
  6. PART 1 EARLY YEARS
  7. NUEVA YORK 1
  8. THE NEW YORKER THEATER 11
  9. THEATER DIARY: 1960 13
  10. THE IDEAL MOVIE HOUSE 16
  11. THE IDEAL MOVIE HOUSE 18
  12. WHAT TO PLAY 21
  13. BELLA AND THE CRITIC 27
  14. CHANDLER BROSSARD 31
  15. PART 2 THOSE WHO MADE ME LAUGH
  16. MAE WEST AND W. C. FIELDS 33
  17. THE MARX BROTHERS 38
  18. PART 3 UNSUNG FILM PIONEERS
  19. COLLECTORS 41
  20. EARLY DISTRIBUTORS 45
  21. ED HARRISON’S INDIAN IDOL 48
  22. MEL NOVIKOFF West Coast Perfectionist 51
  23. PRESENTING DON RUGOFF Manhattan Exhibitor Like No Other 53
  24. PART 4 ACQUISITIONS
  25. EMILE DE ANTONIO AND THE MAKING OF POINT OF ORDER 59
  26. NEW YORKER FILMS 67
  27. MY DINNER WITH ANDRÉ 69
  28. RULES OF THE GAME 71
  29. PART 5 DIRECTORS IN MY LIFE
  30. YASUJIRO OZU 73
  31. NAGISA OSHIMA 77
  32. OUSMANE SEMBÈNE 78
  33. ROBERTO ROSSELLINI 81
  34. JEAN- LUC GODARD 84
  35. RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER 87
  36. WIM WENDERS 91
  37. WERNER HERZOG 93
  38. PART 6 SHOAH
  39. CLAUDE LANZMANN 97
  40. A MEMORY PROJECT 103
  41. PART 7 MORE DIRECTORS
  42. AGNÈS VARDA 105
  43. JACQUES TATI 111
  44. GLAUBER ROCHA 114
  45. JEAN EUSTACHE 118
  46. PART 8 CRITERIA
  47. FROM THE SAFETY OF MY LIVING ROOM 121
  48. ROZHINKEL 127
  49. MIURA 129
  50. “IGNATZ, DON’T GO SO DEEP.” 132
  51. MINYAN 134
  52. PART 9 REFLECTIONS
  53. CLUSTERS OF FRAGMENTED MOMENTS 137
  54. THE NEW FRANKNESS 142
  55. DEATH EQUALS FREEDOM 154
  56. TAKE TO THE STREETS 157
  57. PART 10 PORTRAITS
  58. PETE MARTIN AND THE NEW YORKER BOOKSHOP 159
  59. PAULINE KAEL Fueled by Fire 168
  60. VINCENT CANBY With Brains and Heart 177
  61. TOSCAN Gaumont’s Wit 180
  62. THE INDOMITABLE LIA VAN LEER Founder of the Jerusalem Cinematheque 183
  63. KIESLOWSKI, MALLE, AND MASTROIANNI Three Lives and Three Deaths 185
  64. GIANNI AMICO AND JACQUES DEMY Journal Excerpts 189
  65. PART 11 UPPER WEST SIDE CINEMAS
  66. UPPER WEST SIDE 193
  67. ALL SEATS $1.00 AT ALL TIMES 198
  68. ALL SEATS $1.00 AT ALL TIMES 201
  69. THE METRO 204
  70. THE LINCOLN PLAZA CINEMAS 206
  71. THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF RUNNING A MOVIE THEATER 212
  72. FESTIVALS 217
  73. EPILOGUE 221
  74. APPENDIX EXCERPTS FROM DAN TALBOT’S FESTIVAL NOTES 227
  75. CREDITS 287
  76. INDEX 289
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