An original book that passionately addresses the transmission of cinema in all its forms

Movie Matters
Interviews and Conversations (1989-2001)
by Nicolas Saada

James Cameron discussing the genesis of Titanic , David Lynch anticipating new ways of consuming images ten years in advance, Hollywood screenwriter Wesley Strick and his Post-it method, Diane Johnson describing her collaboration with Stanley Kubrick, a dialogue between Dario Argento and John Carpenter…

The interviews that Nicolas Saada conducted in the late 80s and early 2000s with filmmakers, film technicians, producers, cinematographers, editors, scriptwriters and musicians are always fascinating. Published by Cahiers du Cinéma and elsewhere, here they are for the first time brought together in the same volume. A history of the transmission of cinema in all its forms...

Interviews and conversations with
DARIO ARGENTO AND JOHN CARPENTER • ANGELO BADALAMENTI • ELMER BERNSTEIN JAMES CAMERON • JOHN CARPENTER • CLAUDE CHABROL • ETHAN AND JOEL COEN FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA • JIM JARMUSCH • DIANE JOHNSON • DAVID LYNCH • LALO SCHIFRIN • JULIAN SCHNABEL • THELMA SCHOONMAKER • PAUL SCHRADER • MARTIN SCORSESE • JOEL SILVER • TERENCE STAMP • WESLEY STRICK • GUS VAN SANT • WONG KAR WAI • JOHN WOO

The author
Nicolas Saada is a film director and screenwriter ( Spy , Taj Mahal , Thanksgiving ). A former contributor to Cahiers du Cinéma and many other publications, he hosted a program on film music on Radio Nova, Nova fait son cinema , and worked with Pierre Chevalier at Arte between 1992 and 1998.

Released June 12, 2019