{"product_id":"directing-the-non-actor-volume-one-europe-north-america-and-asia-paperback","title":"Directing the Non-Actor, Volume One: Europe, North America, and Asia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Blue\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Herskowitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1960s, filmmaker James Blue embarked on a Ford Foundation-funded odyssey across three continents. His mission was to interview over sixty directors about their methods for unlocking the exciting potential of cinematic performance as revealed by Italian neorealism: coaxing authentic human behavior from people who have never acted. Now, six decades later, editor Richard Herskowitz has fulfilled Blue's vision with this landmark collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume One of \u003cem\u003eDirecting the Non-Actor\u003c\/em\u003e brings together, along with a comprehensive account of Blue's motivations, process, and findings, extraordinary conversations with Jean Renoir, Robert Bresson, Jean-Luc Godard, Satyajit Ray, and others, and revelatory testimonies from the non-actors themselves. What emerges is a master class in the craft of capturing life on screen: from Bresson's exacting control to Godard's improvisatory freedom, from Italian neorealism's streets to Québec's New Wave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssential reading for filmmakers, scholars, and anyone captivated by the mysterious space where cinema meets reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirectors interviewed: John Boorman, Robert Bresson, Shirley Clarke, Milos Forman, Jean-Luc Godard, Gilles Groulx, Susumu Hani, Claude Jutra, Paul Morrissey, Satyajit Ray, Jean Renoir and Jacques Rozier. Actors interviewed: Carroll Baker, Warren Beatty, Richard Grenier, Johanne Harrelle, François Lafarge, Macha Méril, Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée, Barbara Ulrich and Anne Wiazemsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 396\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 02, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":71808548339965,"sku":"9798899760938","price":48.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/ocGvo59U2v9798899760938.webp?v=1793814670","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/directing-the-non-actor-volume-one-europe-north-america-and-asia-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}