Diaries - Paul Sutton

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The extraordinary and revealing diaries of the British film and theatre director.

Résumé :
The extraordinary and revealing diaries of the revolutionary British film and theatre director who became one of the major cultural figures of his time



As a director, critic, writer and actor, Lindsay Anderson established a reputation as one of the most innovative, impassioned and fiercely independent British artists of the twentieth century. In directing films such as If, This Sporting Life and O Lucky Man he championed a new wave of social responsiveness in British cinema, while as director at the Royal Court he was responsible for establishing the reputation of a number of groundbreaking plays.

Throughout his life Anderson stood in opposition to the establishment of his day. Published for the first time, his diaries provide a uniquely personal document of his artistic integrity and vision, his work, and his personal and public struggles. Peopled by a myriad of artists and stars - Malcolm McDowell, Richard Harris, Albert Finney, Anthony Hopkins Brian Cox, Karel Reisz, Arthur Miller, George Michael - the Diaries provide a fascinating account of one of the most creative periods of British cultural life.Gripping Daily Express

Vicious and velvety in roughly equal measure ... Demands reading at a single sitting Daily Telegraph

the reader of this book is richly rewarded Daily Mail

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Biographie:
a candid account of his personal and public struggles, his visionary work and troubled relationships...

Sommaire:

In cinema and in theatre, Lindsay Anderson was one of the most innovative, independent and influential directors of the twentieth century. With classic films like This Sporting Life, If..., and O Lucky Man! he established and electrifying new wave in British cinema, while in the theatre he first staged such groundbreaking plays as Serjeant Musgrave's Dance, Home and What The Butler Saw. His Diaries were published by Methuen Drama in 2004 and are at once the intimate record of a remarkable man fiercely opposed to the political and cultural establishment of his time...