Creativity with Bill Moyers. John Huston

Description

Hollywood icon John Huston shares numerous insights and experiences in this classic Bill Moyers interview, filmed five years before the director's death in 1987. Answering questions on art and personal adversity at his secluded Mexican villa, Huston also allows Moyers to join him behind the camera during the shooting of Annie. Topics include the many false starts that prefaced Huston's career; his thoughts about directing his father in Treasure of the Sierra Madre; the production challenges of Moby Dick; and the unassailable importance of letting actors create their own characterizations. Throughout, viewers receive a valuable introduction to the creative risk-taking and artistic fortitude common to all giants of cinema.

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29 min

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Date of Publication

[2010], c1982

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Films on Demand

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