Box of Moonlight and Notes From Overboard: a Film-Maker's Diary - Softcover

Di Cillo, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 057119169X ISBN 13: 9780571191697

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 1997

Synopsis

Al Fountain, the main character of Box of Moonlight, is a driven, ambitious man whose determination to succeed has alienated him from his family, friends and work-mates. A chance encounter with a young drop-out, dressed in a purloined Davy Crockett outfit, changes his life irrevocably and rescues Al's humanity. Like one of the characters in Shakespeare's Arcadian comedies, Al enters the forest and is transformed. Tom DiCillo has mapped Al's odyssey in search of his self with a lightness of tone and a poetic touch that transcends the familiarity of the situation.

DiCillo's production diary, Notes from Overboard, charts his five-year struggle to get the film made - a journey that culminates at the Lido of the Venice Film Festival.

About this title

Synopsis

The screenplay of "Box of Moonlight" - about a driven, ambitious man whose climb to success has alienated him from family and friends - accompanied by "Notes from Overboard", Di Cillo's own production diary. The latter charts the film-maker's four-year struggle to get the film made.

Edition details

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 057119169X
• ISBN 13: 9780571191697
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192