PRIME CUT - Issue 1 - Michael Winner Special
Publisher : The Ecstasy of Films - November 25, 2021
Language : French
Number of pages : 228 pages
Publisher : The Ecstasy of Films - November 25, 2021
Language : French
Number of pages : 228 pages
Prime Cut N°1 will be mainly devoted to British director Michael Winner (1935-2013). This director, almost unanimously reviled by critics, has nevertheless built an exciting filmography. During his youth, in the 1960s, he took a unique look at "Swinging London", in particular through a trilogy made up of West 11, In the meshes of the net and What will happen next? in which appears twice one of its favorite interpreters: Oliver Reed. During the 1970s, he left to work in the USA and signed a few gems such as L'Homme de la loi with Burt Lancaster, Le Flingueur with Charles Bronson, Scorpio with Alain Delon and La Sentinelle des maudits with Ava Gardner. Her career is punctuated by scandals, in particular with the series Justice in the city and her controversial adaptation of Helen Zahavi's feminist firebrand: Dirty Weekend.
To sum up, the work of the provocateur Michael Winner ranges from the social film "Made in UK", to the classics of genre cinema shot in a permissive Hollywood. All these characteristics have prompted our editorial staff to look into this filmography which smells of sulphur. We also went to meet the rare defenders of Michael Winner: the film critic Samuel Blumenfeld (Le Monde), the cinema director of Arte Olivier Père as well as the director and film historian, Jean-Baptiste Thoret who, at through his Make My Day collection (Studiocanal) allowed the French public to discover West 11. The director of Charles Bronson, Once upon a time in Europe, Jérôme Wybon, completes our list of prestigious interviewees. For the writing of Prime Cut, it is obvious: Michael Winner is a talented filmmaker to rehabilitate urgently!
In the rest of the mook, you'll find writer Brian Garfield , musician Jerry Fielding , fallen star Jan-Michael Vincent , filmmaker Alain Mazars , mysterious actor Eugène Deckers , director George Bowers (The Hearse), maestro Dario Argento and many other surprises. This varied summary will only aim to defend another vision of cinephilia. Prime Cut will be an open review in which censorship and hypocrisy will have no place. Moreover, the next issue will be devoted to a French filmmaker who has often had trouble with Dame Anastasie: Yves Boisset. The writing of Prime Cut is, like its editorial line, composed of authors from various backgrounds.