Sidney J. Furie: Life And Films (screen Classics)
by Daniel Kremer /
2015 / English / PDF
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Known for his visual style as well as for his experimentation in
virtually every genre of narrative cinema, award-winning director
Sidney J. Furie also has the distinction of having made Canada's
first ever feature-length fictional film in English,
Known for his visual style as well as for his experimentation in
virtually every genre of narrative cinema, award-winning director
Sidney J. Furie also has the distinction of having made Canada's
first ever feature-length fictional film in English,A Dangerous
Age
A Dangerous
Age (1957). With a body of work that includes
(1957). With a body of work that includesThe Ipcress
File
The Ipcress
File (1965),
(1965),Lady Sings the Blues
Lady Sings the Blues (1972), and
(1972), andThe
Entity
The
Entity (1982), he has collaborated with major stars such as
Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Robert Redford, and Michael Caine,
and his films have inspired some of Hollywood's most celebrated
directors, including Stanley Kubrick and Quentin Tarantino.
(1982), he has collaborated with major stars such as
Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Robert Redford, and Michael Caine,
and his films have inspired some of Hollywood's most celebrated
directors, including Stanley Kubrick and Quentin Tarantino.
In this first biography of the prolific filmmaker, author Daniel
Kremer offers a comprehensive look at the director's unique career.
Furie pioneered techniques such as improvisation in large-scale
film productions, and sometimes shot his films in sequence to
develop the characters from the ground up and improve the
performers' in-the-moment spontaneity. Not only has Stanley Kubrick
acknowledged that Furie's
In this first biography of the prolific filmmaker, author Daniel
Kremer offers a comprehensive look at the director's unique career.
Furie pioneered techniques such as improvisation in large-scale
film productions, and sometimes shot his films in sequence to
develop the characters from the ground up and improve the
performers' in-the-moment spontaneity. Not only has Stanley Kubrick
acknowledged that Furie'sThe Boys in Company C
The Boys in Company C (1978)
informed and influenced
(1978)
informed and influencedFull Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket (1987), but Martin
Scorsese has said that he considers
(1987), but Martin
Scorsese has said that he considersThe Entity
The Entity to be one of
the scariest horror films of all time. However, Furie was often
later criticized for accepting lowbrow work, and as a result,
little serious study has been devoted to the director.
to be one of
the scariest horror films of all time. However, Furie was often
later criticized for accepting lowbrow work, and as a result,
little serious study has been devoted to the director.
Meticulously researched and enhanced by Kremer's close relationship
with the filmmaker, this definitive biography captures the highs
and lows of an exceptional but underexamined career, taking readers
behind the scenes with a director who was often ahead of his time.
Meticulously researched and enhanced by Kremer's close relationship
with the filmmaker, this definitive biography captures the highs
and lows of an exceptional but underexamined career, taking readers
behind the scenes with a director who was often ahead of his time.
