DGA Quarterly | Volume 2 - Number 2 - Summer 2006
 
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DGA Quarterly Feature Stories
Interview with Steven Spielberg- click here to to read.


The DGA Interview:
Age & Innocence

Steven Spielberg just seems to get better with age, yet he never loses the boyish enthusiasm that makes his films so special.

By Richard Schickel

A Guild Divided - click here to to read.

A Guild Divided

Amidst the rumblings of the blacklist, the Guild’s membership met on Oct. 22, 1950 and battled over whether to recall its president. It turned out to be a crucial moment in Guild history.

By James Ulmer

The Visual History Program - click here to to read.

Visually Speaking

The Visual History Program preserves a living record of the Guild with an ongoing series of in-depth interviews with members.

By Sheerly Avni


Special 70th Anniversary Section - click here to read
We celebrate the DGA's 70th Anniversary with a look at how the Guild was born, a collection of landmark events as it grew up, and a vision for its future.
A Guild Is Born - click here to read
A Guild Is Born

The forward-thinking directors who came together to found the Guild in 1936 were seeking to protect the same creative rights the Guild fights for today.

By Steve Pond

70 Years of Milestones - click here to read

70 Years of Milestones

The Guild’s history is a collection of accomplishments, big and small victories and extraordinary people who helped make it work. Here is a selective look at some of the highlights from the first 70 years.

Steady Growth - click here to read

Steady Growth

Over the years, the Guild and its professional staff have had to adjust to changing times, an industry in constant flux and the evolving needs of its members.

The Early Show  - click here to read

The Early Show

The founders of the Guild were not labor leaders or businessmen—they were working directors. A selection of shots captures them on their day jobs.


DGA Quarterly - Beginning Section
DGA President Michael Apted's president's report - click here to to read.
On the Job With… A world-famous shot, newsroom pioneer, and venerable AD. - click here to to read.

Profiles
On the Job With…

A world-famous shot, newsroom pioneer, and venerable AD.

By Amy Dawes

Few directors in the last 25 years have the street credibility or indie credentials of Jim Jarmusch. - click here to read

Director’s Voice
Street Smart

Few directors in the last 25 years have the street credibility or indie credentials of Jim Jarmusch.

By Rob Feld

Former MPPA President Jack Valenti defends the ratings system. - click here to read
10 Questions
Ratings Warrior

Former MPAA President Jack Valenti defends the ratings system.

As technological changes go, nothing can top the advent of television. Here’s what it was like for its early directors. - Click here to read
The Industry
The Dawn of TV

As technological changes go, nothing can top the advent of television. Here’s what it was like for its early directors.

By Robert Abele

As technological changes go, nothing can top the advent of television. Here’s what it was like for its early directors. - Click here to read
Funny Business
Twenty Years with the Right Guild

Carl Reiner has been hosting the DGA Awards for 20 years. His secret? Worry, trust and unpreparedness.

By Carl Reiner

Milos Forman's Amadeus - click here to read

Shot to Remember
Play it Again Amadeus

Milos Forman made a spectacle of Amadeus over 20 years ago. He talks about achieving a mix of Old World craft and Hollywood style.

By Henry Sheehan


DGA Quaterly - The End section
Critic's Corner - click here to to read.


Critic’s Corner
The Knocking-Loving Profession

The longtime critic for the New Republic traces how the history of film criticism parallels the history of the Guild.

By Stanley Kauffmann

DVD Classics - click here to to read.


DVD Classics
True Believer

Think you know Frank Capra? Think again. A new box set of his Depression-era classics offers a chance for reappraisal.

By Gary Giddins

Books - click here to to read.


Books
The Director’s Life—How To, and How Not To

By John Patterson

National Vice President Steven Soderbergh contemplates the future of the business - click here to read

In My Opinion
A Note From the Bunker

National Vice President Steven Soderbergh contemplates the future of the business.

By Steven Soderbergh

Out of the Past - click here to to read.


Out of the Past
Headshot

Frank Capar flips for John Ford.


Editorial Staff
Editorial Staff