What Goes Around Comes Around: The Films of Jonathan Demme (PB) USED

This first book on the director ofThe Silence of the LambsandPhiladelphiais comprehensive, analyzing each of Jonathan Demmes thirteen films.

Demme received the 1980 New York Film Critics Award as Best Director forMelvin and Howard.Subsequent Demme films such asSomething Wildand the Talking Heads concert filmStop Making Sense,which won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Documentary, made Demme a cult favorite in the league of Roger Corman.

With 199lsThe Silence of the Lambs,Demme moved into a different league. The top-grossing film of the year,Silencewon five Academy Awards, becoming the first film to sweep the Best Director