Dear ListServ Administrator: Please post this to Screen-L. Thank you! Best wishes, Harvey Fenton FAB Press 7 Farleigh Ramsden Road Godalming, Surrey GU7 1QE England, UK http://www.fabpress.com The long-awaited biography of one Great Britain's most fascinating filmmakers. DONALD CAMMELL: A LIFE ON THE WILD SIDE Rebecca and Sam Umland FAB Press | 304 pages | 2006 ISBN 1-903254-28-0 | hardcover | £24.95 | $39.95 ISBN 1-903254-29-9 | paperback | £16.95 | $29.95 When Donald Cammell, the Scottish painter and filmmaker, committed suicide in 1996, he left behind a handful of unusual, innovative, frequently disturbing films. One of them - Mick Jagger's acting debut PERFORMANCE - is now an acknowledged masterpiece of world cinema. Cammell's extraordinary life was shrouded in both mystery and legend. This provocative and comprehensive biography separates fact from fiction, apprehending the realities behind the myths. Sam and Rebecca Umland explore Cammell's remarkable life and times: his father's friendship with the notorious Aleister Crowley; Donald's childhood in pre-war Edinburgh; his early career as a society portrait painter in Chelsea and the beginning of his film career in Paris during the "Swinging Sixties." They also explore Cammell's doomed collaborations with Marlon Brando, his final years of frustration, and ultimate tragedy in Hollywood. Lavishly illustrated with examples of Cammell's work as an artist, plus rare and previously unpublished photographs, and 32 stunning pages of full colour poster reproductions and rare film stills, the visuals augment the biography and criticsm. Complete with detailed appendices, notes and index. "A new generation has discovered PERFORMANCE. I'm very proud of that." - Anita Pallenberg. "In this book, Sam and Rebecca Umland's approach to Donald's life and work brings to light the many facets of this gifted artist who left behind a complex legacy which they have unravelled with scholarly detail." - Frank Mazzola For more information, including the table of contents, visit the book's webpage: http://www.fabpress.com/perl/search.pl?CO=FAB072 ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html