num_pages: 424
description: This annual guide on global film-making offers a unique survey of trends, achievements and personalities during the past year. As usual the guide selects five Directors of the Year for appraisal: Danny Boyle, Takeshi Kitano, Soren Kragh-Jacobsen, David Mamet and Spike Lees. This edition has updated sections on film festivals, music and archives.
language: English
title: Variety International Film Guide 1997
titlecomplete: Variety International Film Guide 1997
publisher: Samuel French Trade