The Directors - Wes Craven

The Directors - Wes Craven


Starring:Dave Mann (II)
Director: Robert J. Emery
Studio: Winstar
Product Type: DVD

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The modern-day master of the horror genre, Wes Craven, is featured in this installment from the American Film Institute's The Directors series. Craven appears on camera throughout this production, coming across as an intelligent man who refers occasionally to his work as a college teacher before bursting onto the scene with Last House on the Left, a film some critics at the time denounced as revolting. Appearing to speak about their work with Craven are Robert Englund, who tells the story of the interview that got him the part of murderous Freddie Krueger, and Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courteney Cox Arquette, who appeared in the wildly successful Scream trilogy. Meryl Streep also appears to discuss Music of the Heart, an unlikely Craven film in which Streep plays a music teacher. Clips from some of Craven's films, including The Hills Have Eyes, The Serpent and the Rainbow, and A Nightmare on Elm Street, are featured along with Craven's reminiscences of how he came up with particular scenes and stories. For instance, Craven tells how reading about how bears reached around corners in caves to attack ancient humans inspired the chilling concept of the killer's claws in A Nightmare on Elm Street. This is a very positive look at a genial man with the uncanny talent of scaring millions of people out of their wits. --Robert J. McNamara
The Directors - Wes Craven
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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 The Directors - Wes Craven
Starring: Dave Mann (II)
Manufacturer: Winstar
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ASIN: B00004TJRA
Release Date: 2000-09-05

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The modern-day master of the horror genre, Wes Craven, is featured in this installment from the American Film Institute's The Directors series. Craven appears on camera throughout this production, coming across as an intelligent man who refers occasionally to his work as a college teacher before bursting onto the scene with Last House on the Left, a film some critics at the time denounced as revolting. Appearing to speak about their work with Craven are Robert Englund, who tells the story of the interview that got him the part of murderous Freddie Krueger, and Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courteney Cox Arquette, who appeared in the wildly successful Scream trilogy. Meryl Streep also appears to discuss Music of the Heart, an unlikely Craven film in which Streep plays a music teacher. Clips from some of Craven's films, including The Hills Have Eyes, The Serpent and the Rainbow, and A Nightmare on Elm Street, are featured along with Craven's reminiscences of how he came up with particular scenes and stories. For instance, Craven tells how reading about how bears reached around corners in caves to attack ancient humans inspired the chilling concept of the killer's claws in A Nightmare on Elm Street. This is a very positive look at a genial man with the uncanny talent of scaring millions of people out of their wits. --Robert J. McNamara

Description

Discover the world of the talented director and writer of Pulse and Red Eye. The undisputed masters of horror cinema. His spine-tingling films include Last House of the Left, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Serpent and the Rainbow, The People Under the Stairs and The Scream Trilogy.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars The Master Of The Cinema.......2003-02-24

For those who may not know much about Craven than you will find this an informative look into one of the best storytellers around. Craven is a master at what he does except I don't like the Scream trillogy so that was a waste of space where he could of talked more about his other wonderfully crafted films. I got a interesting look into 'A Nightmare On Elm Street', 'Shocker'and,"The Last House On The Left', but not 'The People Under The Stairs which was kind of disappointing. Other than that this is one for the fans. Worth a buy.

4 out of 5 stars Wes Craven: Man of Mystery and Movies.......2000-11-30

Wes Craven, the man who has written, directed, produced, or edited more than 30 television and feature films such as "Last House on the Left", "Swamp Thing", "A Nightmare on Elm Street", and the recent "Scream" trilogy, is finally revealed here in the popular "The Directors" series. Wes speaks highly and thoroughly about the making of his films, but keeps quiet about his personal life which he has always done and I respect. Though, it is very informative about his feature films, this DVD neglects to mention almost none of his television work like the new "Twilight Zone" of the 80's and his short lived "Nightmare Cafe" series. Any fans of "The People Under the Stairs" will be sorley disappointed as they pretty much mention the title then move onto "Wes Craven's New Nightmare." What can you expect, they had to squeeze 15 films into one hour. Other than that the DVD is great. Wes Craven fans should check it out.

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