{"title":"John Cassavetes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Nicholas Cassavetes \u003c\/b\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was a Greek-American \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efilmmaker and actor. He began as an actor in film and television before helping to pioneer modern American independent cinema\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Independent_film\" title=\"Independent film\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as a writer and director, often self-financing, producing, and distributing his own films.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e He received nominations for three Academy Awards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, two BAFTA Awards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BAFTA_Awards\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"BAFTA Awards\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, four Golden Globe Awards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golden_Globe_Awards\" title=\"Golden Globe Awards\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and an Emmy Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emmy_Award\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Emmy Award\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"autoportraits","title":"Autoportraits: John Cassavetes","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst edition of Autoportraits: John Cassavetes by Ray Carney (1992). First impression. Medium format hardback in good condition. Some general shelf wear to dust jacket and minor wear and toning to the extremities of the book. Jacket now ina removable protective sleeve. Pages and spine are clean and intact. Printed in French.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eA luscious, coffee-table sized photographic extravaganza. The most complete photographic presentation of Cassavetes’ life and work ever published. Ray Carney wrote the text and introduction. Larry and Sam Shaw provided the 170 photographs that illustrate the book, many in color and most a full page in size. 191 oversized pages.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThis book was published in French in the Editions de l’Etoile series by Cahiers du cinèma in October 1992. It is still in print in France, but no English-language edition has been published. It is available at foreign language bookstores in the United States and England.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I spent five years writing letters, making phone calls, and visiting New York editors attempting to persuade an American publisher to print this book, but the response was always the same – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf it were Woody Allen or Oliver Stone, it would be different; but it’s Cassavetes, for gosh sake. We just can’t afford to take the risk!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The book is the best-selling Cassavetes volume of all time, with more than 30,000 copies sold in France alone. But I guess it just can’t happen in America. After all, he’s not Woody Allen, and American publishing is about entertainment and profit, not about art, life, and truth.” Ray Carney.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ray Carney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54880911524222,"sku":"","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/files\/autoportraits-john-cassavetes-8523798.jpg?v=1773757355"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.setantabooks.com\/en-us\/collections\/john-cassavetes.oembed","provider":"Setanta Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}