{"product_id":"martin-ritt-gabriel-miller-9781578064342","title":"Martin Ritt: Interviews","description":"This collection of interviews provides a revealing self-portrait of Martin Ritt (1914-1990), America's preeminent maker of social films and one of the most sensitive portraitists of the rural South. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ritt's Hollywood career began in 1958 with \u003ci\u003eEdge of the City\u003c\/i\u003e and ended in 1990 with the release of \u003ci\u003eStanley and Iris\u003c\/i\u003e. In all, he directed twenty-six movies, including some of Hollywood's most enduring films--\u003ci\u003eHud\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHombre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Brotherhood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Molly Maguires\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Front\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNorma Rae\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although he gave mostly boilerplate interviews to the press when promoting a movie, Ritt provided more revealing interviews for seminars, oral histories, and documentary filmmakers. The most significant of these, published here for the first time, create a close-up portrait of this distinguished director of plays and films. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ritt speaks eloquently about his years with the Group Theatre and recreates the passion of the director Harold Clurman. He tells how the Group shaped his ideas about art and the communal nature of the theatrical enterprise, which he extended into his work in film. He speaks of his relationship with Clifford Odets and Elia Kazan, and he talks in detail about his experiences with the blacklist, directing and acting in TV during its Golden Age, his career as a theater director, and his experiences working with such actors as Paul Newman, Sally Field, Sophia Loren, Orson Welles, and Robert De Niro. Ritt discusses his philosophy of directing, the place of film in the history of art, his quarrels with \"auteur theory,\" and the influence of his politics on his work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gabriel Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1578064341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781578064342\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 01\/02\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.10w x 0.78d","brand":"Gabriel Miller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130605629695,"sku":"9781578064342","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7f41d4a1-fee5-4198-92ad-8f05bbd75636.jpg?v=1687470281","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/martin-ritt-gabriel-miller-9781578064342","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}