Interview. Peter Cowie.

Here's a very fine weekend read: Sean Axmaker's conversation with Peter Cowie covers a helluva lot of ground, with Cowie's Revolution! The Explosion of World Cinema in the Sixties as the point of departure. Sean:

Rather than a traditional history or film study, the book is a vibrant portrait of the dynamic of the cinema culture of the era, featuring interviews with directors recalling the films and the film culture around them as they developed as well as Cowie's own memories of the excitement over the period, filtered through the understanding of a historian and veteran film critic. Just as importantly, he delves into lesser-known names and national cinema and the culture of political and social cinema and narrative experiments, all with a breathless brevity and thrilling immediacy that brings back the excitement of discovery for a cinema culture decades past.

Posted by dwhudson at May 19, 2007 3:47 AM