Author: ZUCKOFF, MITCHELL
Title: Robert Altman : the oral biography
Description: New York : Alfred A. Knopf 2009. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 560 pages; Description: xiii. 560 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Altman. Robert. 1925-2006. Motion picture producers and directors --United States --Biography. Summary: Robert Altman-visionary director. hard-partying hedonist. eccentric family man. Hollywood legend-comes roaring to life in this rollicking oral biography. After an all-American boyhood in Kansas City. a stint flying bombers in World War II. and jobs ranging from dog tattoo entrepreneur to television director. Robert Altman burst onto the scene in 1970 with M*A*S*H. He reinvented American filmmaking. and went on to produce such masterpieces as McCabe & Mrs. Miller. Nashville. The Player. Short Cuts. and Gosford Park. In Robert Altman. Mitchell Zuckoff has woven together Altman's final interviews; an incredible cast of voices including Meryl Streep. Warren Beatty. Paul Newman. among scores of others; and contemporary reviews and news accounts into a riveting tale of an extraordinary life. by Mitchell Zuckoff.Weight in Kg appr.:

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