“John Bleasdale’s The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick . . . is a rapturously detailed, sensitively observed, critically insightful account, in which the filmmaker emerges as someone whose presence, long kept out of public view, appears to have entranced more or less everyone with whom he crossed paths—and whose personal life stands in peculiar and powerful relation to his artistry.” Read more [link=http://https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-enigmatic-artistry-of-terrence-malick]here[/link]
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[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars The Real Arthur Miller - The Playwright Who Cared by Andrew Norman is a stunning biography that delves deep into the inspiration behind this incredible playwright most famous for Death of a Salesman, but also The Crucible, A View from the Bridge and Misfits. Arthur Miller was the epitome of defying convention despite adversity. Miller and his family endured many, many hardships, including the Great Depression, the extensive Anti-Semitism of the far right in the US (which is also widely under-reported for the era prior to WWII and the holocaust) and McCarthyism, where innovators were considered part of the "red-wave" which was a construct of McCarthy's extensive fearmongering to try and ensure his election success. This type of adversity can either break a person or light a fire within them. In Miller, it was the latter. He refused to be cowed by hate and intolerance and instead, honed his skills, stayed true to his path and became one of the greatest playwrights.. Read more
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