Alexander Payne
Subtitle: his journey in film
By: Leo Adam Biga
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: River Junction Press LLC
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Omaha, Nebraska
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780985017897; 9780985017873; 9780985017880; 9780997266702
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Motion picture producers and directors; Film criticism; PERFORMING ARTS; Reference
Notes: Originally published: Omaha, Neb. : Inside Stories, ©2013.

"Downsizing, Nebraska, The Descendants, Sideways, About Schmidt, Election, Citizen Ruth"--Cover.

Includes a discussion guide with index.

14 and up.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Praise for Alexander Payne His Journey in Film; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword: Alexander Payne's Omaha: A Quixotic Appreciation by Timothy Schaffert; Foreword: Alexander Payne's Indiewood: An Essay by Thomas Schatz; Introduction; Chapter 1: Election and Citizen Ruth; Alexander Payne: portrait of a young filmmaker; Alexander Payne's emergence as a rising filmmaker; Chapter 2: About Schmidt; Alexander Payne discusses his new feature starring Jack Nicholson, working with the star, past projects and future plans; Being Jack Nicholson.; title: About About Schmidt: the shoot, editing, working with Jack and the film after the cutting room floorConquering Cannes, Omaha native Alexander Payne's triumphant Cannes debut; About Schmidt, Payne and an intersection; Alexander Payne on his new film: Nicholson and the comedy of deep focus; Chapter 3: The Sideways Diaries; Hollywood dispatch: on the set with Alexander Payne-a rare, intimate, inside look at Payne, his process, and the making of his new film, Sideways; A road trip sideways: Alexander Payne's circuitous journey to a new film; Chapter 4: Taking Stock.; title: Alexander Payne's post-Sideways bluesScuba Diving with Alexander Payne: in the wake of his Oscar win and divorce, the filmmaker draws inward and reflects on the new status he owns and what it may mean to his work; "Every day I'm not directing, I feel like I die a little" Catching up with Alexander Payne-after a year of largely producing-writing other people's projects, he sets his sights on his next film; Size matters: the return of Alexander Payne, not that he was ever gone; Chapter 5: Payne as Auteur and Collaborator.; title: Jim Taylor, the other half of Hollywood's top screenwriting team, talks about his work with Alexander PayneFilm Currents; Alexander Payne's 2007 curated World Cinema Series; A Decade under the influence; Collaborations: Payne and Dern on working together; When Laura Met Alex: Laura Dern & Alexander Payne get deep about making Citizen Ruth and their shared cinema sensibilities; Alexander Payne and Debra Winger hold court for Feature Film Event '09; The Soderbergh experience: Alexander Payne and Kurt Andersen weigh in on America's most prolific and accomplished filmmaker of their generation.; title: Chapter 6: The DescendantsAlexander Payne, George Clooney, and Co. find love, pain and the whole damn thing shooting The Descendants in Hawaii; Hail, hail The Descendants. Alexander Payne's first feature film since Sideways a hit with critics. George Clooney-starring comedy-drama sure to be an awards contender; Cinematographer Phedon Papamichael, producer Jim Burke, and actress Shailene Woodley discuss working with Alexander Payne on The Descendants and Kaui Hart Hemmings comments on the adaptation of her novel.