Robert M. Young

<p> Robert Young began his prolific filmmaking career while a student at Harvard University where he majored in English literature founded the Harvard Film Society and with the help of several colleagues put together his first film (about a Boston factory worker). His reputation as a documentary filmmaker earned him a prestigious position with NBC and he has since worked within and without the Hollywood production system for five decades. At age 80 Robert M. Young continues to be actively involved in a variety of projects as a commercially successful filmmaker and an independent artist.</p><p> In this compilation of 15 essays scholars of both English literature and film analyze the aesthetic and thematic elements of Young's many works. Among the films examined are <I>Nothing But a Man Triumph of the Spirit Cortile Cascino ALAMBRISTA! Short Eyes Ballad of Gregorio Cortez Extremities Dominick and Eugene Talent for the Game Roosters Caught</I> and <I>Human Error.</I> The book includes an extensive interview with Young that provides a retrospect of Young's life as a director cinematographer writer and producer. A filmography of Young's work and a chronology of his life are also provided.</p>