Publisher's Synopsis
Freeze Frame is a book of conversations with film people, actors, directors, writers, producers. These interviews, conducted between 2007 and 2011, by author and film critic, Anupama Chopra, capture a place and a time. They offer an insight into the magic and madness of making movies; the heartache and malice of the business; the craft, creativity and inevitable compromises of cinema. "I never thought about why people love me so much. I won't think about why people hate me now." Shah Rukh Khan "Not every Bollywood film is perfect and some people say, "Oh, it is so ridiculous." I say, yes, like Shakespeare is ridiculous. Like human beings are ridiculous. Ridiculous not meaning idiotic. Ridiculous meaning, not necessarily a reflection of realism." Baz Luhrmann Anupama Chopra is an award-winning author and film critic. She has hosted popular review shows on television and written extensively about cinema. Her articles have been published in India Today, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Variety, Sight & Sound and Vogue India. Her first book, Sholay: The Making of a Classic won the 2001 National Award for Best Book on Cinema. She has also authored Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (The Brave-hearted Will Take The Bride) (2002) published by the British Film Institute as part of their Modern Classics Series; King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema, and First Day First Show: Writings from the Bollywood Trenches, a compilation of her articles on Hindi cinema over two decades. She lives and works in Mumbai. Key Features: Based on "Picture This", an NDTV film-based programme Interviews by well-known film journalist and author, Anupama Chopra, Amitabh Bacchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Anurag Kashyap, Aamir Khan, Farhan Khan, amongst others, speak of their vision and experience of cinema. Interviews of internationally renowned cinema personalities like Tom Hanks, Werner Herzog, Luc Besson, Baz Luhrmann, as well Worldwide readership/market Cinema buffs, directors, actors, film historians, artists, teachers and students of film studies, special-edition collectors, libraries, museums, cultural and educational institutions, general-trade readers.
