SCENE BY SCENE

'Scene by Scene' consists of detailed discussions in which world-renowned film directors and actors analyse key scenes from their film output. The book provides in-depth discussions of over 40 scenes which illustrate the technical excellence of the director or actor in question, and includes discussions with such names as Lauren Bacall, Kirk Douglas, Sean Connery, Martin Scorsese, Rod Steiger, Dennis Hopper, Tom Hanks, Roman Polanski, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jack Lemmon, Steve Martin and many others. In the process the book examines some of the most important film scenes from the last 50 years or so, looking, for example, at pivotal scenes from such films as Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil; Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby; Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and Raging Bull and many others. Presented in a lively and accessible manner by Mark Cousins and illustrated throughout with stills and frame sequences, the book will appeal to all devotees of film and those wishing to learn more about the craft of film-making.