{"product_id":"9781844571901","title":"Screen Epiphanies: Filmmakers on the Films That Inspired Them","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \"What I remember was that it was the first time a piece of fiction had had such a devastating emotional effect on me. A lot of children remember seeing cartoons, \u003cem\u003ePinocchio\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eBambi\u003c\/em\u003e or something that breaks their heart. I remember seeing \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Angel\u003c\/em\u003e and it breaking my heart. It was the first time I realised there was an adult world - that adults could damage each other or destroy each other emotionally. It might have fed into a whole series of epiphanies about my own upbringing. I was living in a family where my grandparents had separated in quite complex circumstances. Perhaps it resonated with some elements of that, to do with simply how love can be a rupturing and damaging emotion as well as a healing one. Also, to see somebody who is in an authority position made so small, so diminished, by the feeling of having no control.\" Anthony Minghella \/ \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Angel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In a strange, lethal way, I was suddenly wildly attracted to the process of filmmaking, even though it is described as a nightmare - a matter of horror - in that film. There is a trancelike atmosphere. Suddenly, I was reminded that you can feel like it's a matter of life and death when you make a film. It changed from being a mediocre feeling of emptiness in your life to something that feels necessary. I realised that filmmaking can be many things - and it can be narcotic in a way. You can become addicted to it.\" Thomas Vinterberg \/ \u003cem\u003eHearts of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScreen Epiphanies\u003c\/em\u003e brings together 32 leading film-makers to discuss the films that inspired them to pursue a career in the movie business, or which influenced their own film-making practice, or which stayed with them because of their depictions of familiar communities, intense human relationships or unknown worlds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully illustrated with images from the films discussed, \u003cem\u003eScreen Epiphanies\u003c\/em\u003e is a thought-provoking and often moving insight into the creative process and the way in which artists are inspired by each other's work, but also into the centrality of cinema in all our lives, and its power to change our ambitions and how we see the world around us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BFI Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47063724196080,"sku":"9781844571901","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781844571901_p0.jpg?v=1763742615","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781844571901","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}