10,000 Ways to Die by Alex Cox

10,000 Ways to Die by Alex Cox

40 years ago as a graduate student I wrote a book about Spaghetti Westerns, called 10,000 Ways to Die. It's an embarrassing time when I look at it now: full of half-assed semiotics and other attenuated academic nonsense. In the intervening period I have had the interesting experience of being a film director. So now, when I watch these films, I'm looking at them from a different perspective. A professional perspective, maybe... I'm thinking about what the filmmakers intended, how they did that shot, how the director felt when his film was recut by the studio, and he was creatively and financially screwed. 10,000 Ways to Die is an entirely new book about an under-studied subject, the Spaghetti Western, from a director's POV. Not only have these films stood the test of time; some of them are very high art.

Rigorous in thought yet unruly in spirit, it's hard to think of a more apt guide to the Italian West -- SK * Total Film *
it brings something refreshingly new to the table and will be of genuine interest to any serious fan -- Phil H* Spaghetti Western DataBase website *
William Leece discovers there's a lot more to film director Alex Cox's new book, after 30 years of experience -- William Leece * Liverpool Daily Post *
Great on influence and anecdotes, with plenty to chew on for spag-buffs * Empire Magazine *
a fascinating, very individual look at the genre -- Matt Bielby * FilmStar Magazine *

Maverick British filmmaker Alex Cox is responsible for directing a host of acclaimed films from Sleep is for Sissies, Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell, Walker and Highway Patrolman to Death and the Compass, Three Businessmen, Revenger's Tragedy, Searchers 2.0 and more recently Tombstone Rashomon. From 1987 to 1994, he presented the acclaimed BBC TV series 'Moviedrome', bringing unknown or forgotten films to new audiences. He's also the author of X Films: True Confessions of a Radical Filmmaker, 10,000 Ways to Die, The President and the Provocateur and Alex Cox's Introduction to Film and has written on the subject of film for publications including Sight and Sound, The Guardian, The Independent and Film Comment.

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ISBN 13	9781842433041
ISBN 10	1842433040
Title	10,000 Ways to Die
Author	Alex Cox
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oldcastle Books Ltd
Year published	2009-04-22
Number of pages	336
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.