John Boorman: Conclusions (Paperback)

John Boorman is one of the cinema's authentic visionaries, drawn to myths and dreams. An obvious heir to David Lean, his films, such as Point Blank, Deliverance and Excalibur are marked by a persistent search for artistic truth.

In Conclusions, Boorman summarises what he has learned about the craft of film-making, and wishes to pass on to the next generation of film-makers. Into this tapestry of cinematic memories, he also weaves the stories of his family and friends, including the death of his cherished elder daughter.

One of Sight and Sound's books of the year.

"Delightful, wry, human and elegiacally thoughtful" Financial Times

The chapters teem with gossipy though never mean anecdotes . . . What makes Conclusions so delightful is Boorman's awareness of how absurd cinema is. Absurd as in non-rational, dreamlike, an escape from what passes for reality. "Committing yourself to the life of a film-maker is to embrace a form of joyous slavery," he writes. What romance!" The Guardian