Life Isn't Everything
Mike Nichols, As Remembered by 150 of His Closest Friends
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xxv, 336 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
"An up-close and personal portrait of legendary filmmaker, theater director, and comedian Mike Nichols, drawing on candid conversations with his closest friends in show business and the arts-from Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep to Natalie Portman and Lorne Michaels"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction: The Burton stakes -- Dybbuks and Golems -- To sell another drink -- Premise envy -- Don't act it funny -- It all started in the alley -- The Citizen Kane of disaffected youth -- Icarus was falling -- Shift your weight -- Under the Balthus -- Can I get a wild take? -- Caviar for the general -- A means to egress -- Like church, but a fun church -- Making friends with death -- Epilogue: That guru thing.
Subjects:
Nichols, Mike -- Anecdotes.
Nichols, Mike -- Quotations.
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
Nichols, Mike -- Anecdotes.
Nichols, Mike -- Quotations.
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781250112873
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Nichols, Mike | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |