The World and Its Double The Life and Work of

Otto Preminger was one of Hollywood's first truly independent producer-directors. He sought to address the major social, political, and historical questions of his time in films designed to appeal to a wide public. Blazing a trail in the examination of controversial issues such as drug addiction (The Man with the Golden Arm) and homosexuality (Advise & Consent) and in the frank, sophisticated treatment of adult material (Anatomy of a Murder), Preminger broke the censorship of the Hollywood Production Code and the blacklist. He also made some of Hollywood's most enduring film noir classics, includingLauraandFallen Angel. More than anyone else, Preminger represented the transition from the Hollywood of the studios to the decentralized, wheeling-and-dealing New Hollywood of today. Chris Fujiwara's "studious, informative, often astutely argued" (Gerald Peary,The Phoenix) biography follows Preminger throughout his varied career, penetrating his carefully constructed public persona and revealing the many layers of his work.

Chris Fujiwara’s other books include Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall, Defining Moments in Movies: The Greatest Films, Stars, Scenes, and Events That Made Movie Magic (as general editor), and Jerry Lewis. He has written on film for numerous anthologies, magazines, and newspapers.

Introduction	p. xi
Breaking the Lightning	p. 3
It's the Artistic Side That's Questionable	p. 15
Cues for Passion	p. 21
Second Apprenticeship	p. 27
If You Can Find Something Different	p. 35
The Lubitsch Touch	p. 55
Obsession	p. 61
A Bucket of Ashes	p. 72
The Limbo of Movies	p. 78
A Search for Lucidity	p. 90
Hollywood Crossroads	p. 98
Sick Children	p. 105
From Self to Self	p. 112
The Unseeing Witness	p. 120
Private Arrangements	p. 127
What the Jury Decides	p. 132
The Accepted or Common Thing	p. 140
All Things Are in Process, and Nothing Stays Still	p. 152
Taboo	p. 162
A Conservative Liberal	p. 176
Hooked	p. 183
Too Much Reason	p. 198
An Invisible Wall	p. 210
Plenty of Nothing	p. 223
Man's Disorganized Soul	p. 235
Make Them All Brilliant and I Will Direct Unevenly	p. 255
Gratuitous Acts	p. 280
A Certain Weakness	p. 299
Never Give Up	p. 317
Organized Agitation	p. 330
How Do You Know I've Never Been Black?	p. 343
If We Must Be Prisoners	p. 354
The Love-In	p. 372
A Very Unpleasant Set	p. 385
Before the Doors Close on This Whole World	p. 396
The Human Factor	p. 409
Afterword	p. 421
Notes	p. 423
Films Directed by Otto Preminger	p. 453
Acknowledgments	p. 459
Index	p. 461
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