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An Interview with Sidney Lumet

1960; University of California Press; Volume: 14; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/1210346

1533-8630

Peter Bogdanovich, Sidney Lumet,

Theatre and Performance Studies

Lumet was a child actor on Broadway, appearing in such plays as MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS, DEAD END, and THE ETERNAL ROAD. After the Army, he did some off-Broadway directing, then in 1950 moved to television, where he has directed hundreds of shows, including such two-part spectaculars as ALL THE KING'S MEN and THE SACCO-VANZETTI CASE. On the New York stage he has directed Shaw's THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA, Arch Oboler's NIGHT OF THE AUK, and Camus' CALIGULA. His four films, which have all been made on the East Coast, are TWELVE ANGRY MEN (1957), STAGE STRUCK (1958), THAT KIND OF WOMAN (1959), and THE FUGITIVE KIND (1960). Lumet is one of a group of young directors trained in television and stage work (Mann and Ritt are two others) who have been looked upon as likely to bring a new directness and sophistication to film. While the contributions of these men have not measured up to early expectations, their attitude toward film remains an interesting one. The following interview has been somewhat abridged for publication.