A cinephile's dream: the chance to follow legendary director Woody Allen throughout the creation of a film--from inception to premiere--and to enjoy his reflections on some of the finest artists in the history of cinema.
Eric Lax has been with Woody Allen almost every step of the way.
An unprecedented revelation of one of the foremost filmmakers of our time,
Start to Finish is sure to delight not only movie buffs and Allen fans, but everyone who has marveled at the seeming magic of the artistic process.
Revealing the intimate details of Allen's filmmaking process, Lax shows us the screenplay being shaped, the scenes being prepared, the actors, cinematographers, other crew members, the editors, all engaged in their work.
His international best seller,
Woody Allen: A Biography (1991), was a portrait of a director hitting his stride.
Conversations with Woody Allen comprised interviews that illustrated Allen's evolution from 1971 to 2008.
He chronicled Allen's transformation from stand-up comedian to filmmaker in
On Being Funny (1975).
A cinephile's dream: the chance to follow legendary director Woody Allen throughout the creation of a film--from inception to premiere--and to enjoy his reflections on some of the finest artists in the history of cinema.
Eric Lax has been with Woody Allen almost every step of the way
