Merchant-Ivory

This is a fascinating and illuminating collection of interviews with one of the most recognisable names in the world of film. "Merchant-Ivory: Interviews" gathers together for the first time interviews made over the past five decades with director James Ivory (b. 1928), producer Ismail Merchant (193 [...]
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This is a fascinating and illuminating collection of interviews with one of the most recognisable names in the world of film. "Merchant-Ivory: Interviews" gathers together for the first time interviews made over the past five decades with director James Ivory (b. 1928), producer Ismail Merchant (1936-2005), and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (b. 1927). Beginning with their earliest work in India, and ending with James Ivory's last film, "The City of Your Final Destination" (2009), the book traces their career, while offering valuable insights into their creative filmmaking process. The volume serves as a corrective to the prevailing critical orthodoxy attached to Merchant-Ivory's work, which tends to regard them as being solely concerned with historically accurate costumes and settings.