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Reviewed on June 1, 2004
An aging Hollywood, the vibrant postwar Italian and French cinemas, the unexpected impact of Polish movies, and the explosion of literature on film-these are some of the subjects covered by Cowie, a one-time international publishing director for Variety. He intersperses notable filmmakers' responses to his questions with analysis of how the postwar years fed the imagination of budding cinephiles on both sides of the Atlantic (with a brief nod to Japan and Latin America). From writer, publicist, and filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier: "So ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More