Projections - Film-makers on Film-making

Containing the series of Masterclass lectures given at the 1995 Edinburgh Film Festival, this book includes Robert Towne talking about "Chinatown", the Coen brothers discussing their films, screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico talking about working with Visconti, and Walter Murch discussing the editing of Fred Zinnemann's "Julia". There are also contributions from Stephen Soderbergh and Susan Sarandon, and the veteran film-maker Stanley Donen recalls a career which includes "Singin' in the Rain" and other Gene Kelly musicals. The diary is by Taiwanese film-maker Edward Yan, and also featured is George Lucas, creator of "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones".