Open AccessDavid Lean: A Biography
Author(s) -
Ronald Paquet
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
kinema
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2562-5764
pISSN - 1192-6252
DOI - 10.15353/kinema.vi.875
Subject(s) - biography , publicity , parade , hollywood , art , art history , media studies , sociology , law , political science
DAVID LEAN, unlike other famous film directors, Hitchcock and Wells for example, shunned publicity and the spotlights after the openings of his films leaving as soon as possible for some remote hotel in a far flung land to remain an inaccessible and private person. Long overdue, as a result, is this thorough and insightful biography by renowned film historian, Kevin Brownlow (The Parade's Gone By, Hollywood, the Pioneers) told through the authentic voices of Lean's many wives, his friends and co-workers....