Hancock On Hancock (hardback)

<p><strong>For more than sixty years John Hancock</strong><strong> </strong>has pursued a remarkable and often tumultuous career as a writer/director/producer. From the hallucinatory horrors of <em>Let’s Scare Jessica to Death</em> and the gritty fantasy of <em>Prancer</em> to the unshakable humanity of <em>Bang the Drum Slowly</em> <em>Weeds</em> and <em>The Looking Glass</em> he has cultivated a deeply personal yet accessible cinema; one that yields a textured emotionalism and philosophical richness that belies its surface simplicity. <em>Hancock on Hancock</em> draws on a series of in-depth interviews conducted with the filmmaker over the course of five years providing a candid commentary on one man’s life and work filtered through his unceasing desire to create art and tell stories.</p><p> </p><p>With chapters devoted to every film he has made – including his Academy Award-nominated short <em>Sticky My Fingers Fleet My Feet</em> and his anonymous contributions to the troubled Hollywood movies <em>Wolfen</em> and <em>8 Million Ways to Die</em> – these conversations also throw a spotlight on Hancock’s lively experiences directing classic and contemporary plays Off-Broadway as well as charting his labors on such iconic television shows as <em>The Twilight Zone</em> and <em>Hill Street Blues</em>. Additionally he offers a harrowing account of his notorious dismissal from the blockbuster sequel <em>Jaws 2</em> and shares unbuttoned recollections of collaborators like Robert De Niro Tennessee Williams Jean Arthur Nick Nolte Faye Dunaway and Dorothy Tristan.</p>