Chasing the light : writing, directing, and surviving Platoon, Midnight express, Scarface, Salvador, and the movie game

Summary: "An intimate memoir by the controversial, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter about his privileged New York upbringing, volunteering for combat, and his struggles and triumphs making such landmark films as Platoon, Midnight Express, and Scarface"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780358346234 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
Publisher: Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Child of divorce -- Strange days -- The land across the sea -- Midnight express -- Downfall -- Waiting for the miracle -- South of the border -- Salvador, to hell and back -- Back to the jungle -- Top of the world.