{"product_id":"otto-preminger-gary-bettinson-9781496835246","title":"Otto Preminger: Interviews","description":"Otto Preminger (1905-1986), whose Hollywood career spanned the 1930s through the 1970s, is popularly remembered for the acclaimed films he directed, among which are the classic film noir \u003ci\u003eLaura\u003c\/i\u003e, the social-realist melodrama \u003ci\u003eThe Man with the Golden Arm\u003c\/i\u003e, the CinemaScope musical \u003ci\u003eCarmen Jones\u003c\/i\u003e, and the riveting courtroom drama \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of a Murder\u003c\/i\u003e. As a screen actor, he forged an indelible impression as a sadistic Nazi in Billy Wilder's \u003ci\u003eStalag 17\u003c\/i\u003e and as the diabolical Mr. Freeze in television's \u003ci\u003eBatman\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is remembered, too, for drastically transforming Hollywood's industrial practices. With \u003ci\u003eExodus\u003c\/i\u003e, Preminger broke the Hollywood blacklist, controversially granting screen credit to Dalton Trumbo, one of the exiled \"Hollywood Ten.\" Preminger, a committed liberal, consistently shattered Hollywood's conventions. He routinely tackled socially progressive yet risqué subject matter, pressing the Production Code's limits of permissibility. He mounted Black-cast musicals at a period of intense racial unrest. And he embraced a string of other taboo topics--heroin addiction, rape, incest, homosexuality--that established his reputation as a trailblazer of adult-centered storytelling, an enemy of Hollywood puritanism, and a crusader against censorship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eOtto Preminger: Interviews \u003c\/i\u003ecompiles nineteen interviews from across Preminger's career, providing fascinating insights into the methods and mindset of a wildly polarizing filmmaker. With remarkable candor, Preminger discusses his filmmaking practices, his distinctive film style, his battles against censorship and the Hollywood blacklist, his clashes with film critics, and his turbulent relationships with a host of well-known stars, from Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra to Jane Fonda and John Wayne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Bettinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496835247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496835246\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 11\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Gary Bettinson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44127682887935,"sku":"9781496835246","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ed233534-9026-45e3-a3aa-94b21908b38d.jpg?v=1687454636","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/otto-preminger-gary-bettinson-9781496835246","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}