Friday, January 24, 2014

Book review - "Sam Fuller: Film is a Battleground" by Lee Server (1994)

Server later wrote some superb bios of Bob Mitchum and Ava Gardner which is why I sought this out. It's not an in-depth study, consisting of a long interview with Fuller, a list of unmade projects, and a list of interviews with his various collaborators. The latter is particularly interesting - Richard Widmark didn't seem to be much of a fan - and Fuller is always lively company. An entertaining volume, no way near exhaustive (there's no mention of the debacle making Riata which became The Deadly Trackers, for instance), and not as good as Server's better known bios, but a enjoyable read.

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