{"product_id":"9780810883925","title":"BloomsburyUS - Directors Close Up 2: BloomsburyUS - Interviews with Directors Nominated for Best Film by the Directors Guild of America: 2006 - 2012","description":"BloomsburyUS - Since 1992, the Directors Guild of America has hosted an annual symposium featuring its nominees for outstanding feature film directing. From the first, film and television director Jeremy Kagan has moderated these sessions in which the finest contemporary directors weigh in on every aspect of the filmmaking process. In Directors Close Up, Second Edition, Kagan culled the most insightful and entertaining responses from sessions conducted between 1992 and 2005.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Directors Close Up 2, an all-new sequel, Kagan shines his spotlight on nominees from the 2006–2012 seminars as they discuss their work on some of the most brilliant films of the last several years. From script development through pre-production to production and post-production, the directors offer personal insights into every step of the creative process. They also reveal their candid takes on the best and worst aspects of their profession. Featuring materials from their productions—including storyboards, script notes, sketches, and on-set photos—Directors Close Up 2 will be of interest to both professional and aspiring directors, as well as film fans who will enjoy this inside look into making movies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe interviewed nominees featured in this volume:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood\u003cbr\u003eDarren Aronofsky, Black Swan\u003cbr\u003eKathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker\u003cbr\u003eDanny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire\u003cbr\u003eJames Cameron, Avatar\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck.\u003cbr\u003eEthan Coen and Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men\u003cbr\u003eBill Condon, Dreamgirls\u003cbr\u003eJonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Little Miss Sunshine\u003cbr\u003eLee Daniels, Precious\u003cbr\u003eDavid Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Social Network, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo\u003cbr\u003eStephen Frears, The Queen\u003cbr\u003eTony Gilroy, Michael Clayton\u003cbr\u003ePaul Haggis, Crash\u003cbr\u003eMichel Hazanavicius, The Artist\u003cbr\u003eTom Hooper, The King’s Speech\u003cbr\u003eRon Howard, Frost\/Nixon\u003cbr\u003eAlejandro González Iñárritu, Babel\u003cbr\u003eAng Lee, Brokeback Mountain\u003cbr\u003eBennett Miller, Capote\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Nolan, The Dark Knight and Inception\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Payne, The Descendants\u003cbr\u003eJason Reitman, Up in the Air\u003cbr\u003eDavid O. Russell, The Fighter\u003cbr\u003eJulian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly\u003cbr\u003eMartin Scorsese, The Departed and Hugo\u003cbr\u003eSteven Spielberg, Munich\u003cbr\u003eQuentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds\u003cbr\u003eGus Van Sant, Milk","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123910754544,"sku":"9780810883925","price":52.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780810883925_p0.jpg?v=1769908117","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780810883925","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}