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edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
category: Performing Arts
published: Oct 2009
ISBN:9781554584338
publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press

The Young, the Restless, and the Dead

Interviews with Canadian Filmmakers

edited by George Melnyk

tagged: history & criticism, entertainment & performing arts, direction & production
Description

The Young, the Restless, and the Dead captures the spirit of Canadian filmmakers through interviews with the most accomplished and dynamic of yesterday’s, today’s, and tomorrow’s film greats. Funny, provocative, and enlightening, the filmmakers reflect on their careers and explore with the interviewers the issues that challenge them.
This book features an interview with a late director (Jean-Claude Lauzon) whose work is recognized in the canon as outstanding; interviews with filmmakers who are accomplished in their fields and have to their credit a sizeable body of work (Blake Corbet, Andrew Currie, Brent Carlson, Guy Maddin, Lynne Stopkewich, Anne Wheeler, Gary Burns, and Mina Shum); and an interview with a young director new to the field (Michael Dowse). Together these players in the Canadian film scene capture the energy, success, and tribulations of a fascinating cultural industry.
The Young, the Restless, and the Dead is the first volume in a series of interviews with key cultural creators in the field of cinema. It seeks to bring to a wide audience the insights and emotions, the trials and achievements of significant figures in Canadian film.
George Melnyk talks about The Young, the Restless, and the Dead with Eric Volmers of the Calgary Herald. Read the interview online.

About the Author
George Melnyk is an associate professor of Canadian studies and film studies in the Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary. He is a cultural historian who specializes in Canadian film and literature. The author and editor of almost twenty books, he is best known for his two-volume Literary History of Alberta (1998—99) and One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema (2004).
Contributor Notes

George Melnyk is an associate professor of Canadian studies and film studies in the Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary. He is a cultural historian who specializes in Canadian film and literature. The author and editor of almost twenty books, he is best known for his two-volume Literary History of Alberta (1998—99) and One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema (2004).

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