In these vivid and revealing interviews, directors such as the Coen brothers, Ang Lee, Anthony Minghella and Neil Jordan recall the making of their 'first films'. Each chapter focuses on a celebrated debut - from "Blood Simple" to "Muriel's Wedding", "Clerks to Angel" - and explores its production from the inside. Along the way, every aspect of the movie industry is explored - from first encounters with agents and moguls, to languishing in development hell, to confronting the dreaded 'test audience'. Lowenstein, himself a writer-director on the verge of his first feature, encourages his subjects to relive the pain and elation, the comedy and the tragedy, of their freshman efforts. For aspirant directors, these tales of sleepless nights and nail-biting days will enthral and terrify in equal measure. For everyone else, they offer a privileged glimpse of famous directors taking their first tentative steps.

My First Movie

Humor & Entertainment

Kevin Smith

ETHAN COEN

Joel Coen

Oliver Stone

Mike Figgis

Anthony Minghella

Pedro Almodóvar

neil-jordan

Barry Levinson

Mike Leigh

Ang Lee

Ken Loach

Bertrand Tavernier

Stephen Frears

James Mangold

Mira Nair

Gary Oldman

J. Hogan

Steve Buscemi

Tom DiCillo

Movies

Faber&Faber

Sorry We Missed You

Paul Laverty

Rebecca O'Brien

Route Publishing

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