Projections - Director's Cut

The Director's Cut (The Best of 14 Years)

Best of Projections by John Boorman – Projections is the magazine written by film-makers themselves, produced for a decade by Faber. To celebrate the anniversary this book captures the best articles from its history.

Martin Scorsese writes about Robert de Niro, Nick Park gives a rare interview about his work, there’s a new piece on the making of low budget indie hit Tarnation and features by and on Clint Eastwood, Wong Kar-Wei, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Ray Harryhausen, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jodie Foster and James Stewart.

Packed with big names revealing private and fascinating insights into their work, this is the perfect introduction for anyone new to the series and a must-have for cinephiles everywhere.

Contains interviews on:

De Niro and Me by Martin Scorsese

Lee Marvin by John Boorman

Tony Curtis talks to Jamie Lee Curtis

Janet Leigh talks to Jame Leigh Curtis

James Stewart talks to Gregory Solman

Christopher Doyle's diary of working with Wong Kar-Wai

Frances McDormand talks to Willem Dafoe

Robert Towne on writing Chinatown

Walter Murch on Sound Design

Viggo Mortensen writes about Sandy Dennis

Plus, for this special issue - Jonathan Caouette talks to Jason Wood about the making of Tarnation on his computer.

About the Author

John Boorman was born in London in 1933. After working as a film reviewer for magazines and radio, he joined the BBC in 1955 as an assistant editor, and later directed a number of documentaries. His first feature was Catch Us If You Can in 1965. His latest film, Country of My Skull, opens in 2003. He is a five-time Academy Award-nominee, and was twice awarded Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival for Leo the Last (1970) and The General (1998). He is the author of Money Into Light: The Emerald Forest - A Diary, as well as the being the co-founder and editor of Faber and Faber's long-running series Projections: Film-makers on Film-making.