Machine generated contents note: I.Italian Eye-View -- "Reality, Romanticism, Eroticism . . . and the Cinema: An Interview with Luchino Visconti" -- "Reflecting Reality---and Mystery: An Interview with Ermanno Olmi" -- II.Francophone Communication -- "`Comedy Belongs to Everybody': An Interview with Jacques Tati" -- "An Auteur for All Seasons: An Interview with Eric Rohmer" -- "Alter Ego, Autobiography, and Auteurism: Francois Truffaut's Last Interview" -- "The Cinema of Resistance: An Interview with Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne" -- III.Near East, Far East, Mid-Conversation -- "`I Am Simply a Maker of Films': A Visit with Akira Kurosawa, the Sensei of the Cinema" -- "Master of Art: An Interview with Satyajit Ray" -- "The Accidental Auteur: A Dialogue with Abbas Kiarostami" -- "Beyond the Fifth Generation: An Interview with Zhang Yimou" -- IV.Talking English -- "`I Call My Films Subversive': A Conversation with Mike Leigh" -- "`It's Not Just about Me': Ken Loach and the Cinema of Social Conscience; An Interview".
Summary
The author interviews Luchino Visconti, Ermanno Olmi, Jacques Tati, Eric Rohmer, François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Akira Kurosawa, Satyajit Ray, Abbas Kiarostami, Zhang Yimou, Mike Leigh, and Ken Loach.
