{"product_id":"fritz-lang-barry-keith-grant-9781578065776","title":"Fritz Lang: Interviews","description":"The films of Fritz Lang depict an entrapping, claustrophobic world in which people are controlled by larger forces. His overriding theme is the struggle against fate and against the traits of human nature that doom us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His life and work spanned six decades of film history-from the silent era through the golden age of German Expressionism of the 1920s and the classic studio system in Hollywood to the rise of the international co-production. In Hollywood he worked for every major studio except Disney. He made blockbusters, modest B movies, and everything in between. Among his films are classics of German cinema-including \u003ci\u003eMetropolis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eM\u003c\/i\u003e. In America he made some of the most notable crime movies (\u003ci\u003eFury\u003c\/i\u003e), noir films (\u003ci\u003eThe Big Heat\u003c\/i\u003e), and Westerns (\u003ci\u003eThe Return of Frank James\u003c\/i\u003e) of the studio era. Despite the different time periods, nations, and genres in which he worked, his films remain stylistically consistent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lang (1890-1976), a notoriously difficult interviewee, granted relatively few interviews apart from short publicity exchanges in the promotion of his films. Fully aware of his public persona, he was a canny self-promoter who carefully constructed half-truths and myths about himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This fascinating collection covers his conversations about his life and his works over a period of forty years. They reveal how cinema for Lang was an intensely personal art. \"For me,\" he said, \"cinema is a vice. I love it intimately. I've often written that it is the art form of our century.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barry Keith Grant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1578065771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781578065776\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 5.90w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2003 pg. 291\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2003 pg. 86","brand":"Barry Keith Grant","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991623893247,"sku":"9781578065776","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a9439235-5b86-47d7-9287-78870fc6f520.jpg?v=1683311327","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fritz-lang-barry-keith-grant-9781578065776","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}