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Jan Wahl has written a very personal account far from the usual run of 'film studies, ' yet all the more fascinating and instructive in that it might be the sketch for another Dreyer film about the novice and the master. This is non-fiction but at its best it reads like a story. --David Thomson, author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film --

Jan Wahl has written a very personal account far from the usual run of 'film studies, ' yet all the more fascinating and instructive in that it might be the sketch for another Dreyer film about the novice and the master. This is non-fiction but at its best it reads like a story. --David Thomson, author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film -- Carl Theodor Dreyer and Ordet: My Summer With the Danish Filmmaker -- with its fascinating descriptions of the director's intentions for his great dream project -- comes as one of the most welcome film books of the year. -- Hollywood Reporter -- A touching account of his encounter with one of the great silent directors who survived into the talking age. -- Shepherd Express -- Jan Wahl has given lovers of cinema around the globe an incredible gift: an intimate portrait of Carl Theodor Dreyer at work and at play. Wahl provides the reader with remarkable detail and extraordinary insights into Dreyer's working methods and his generosity of spirit. His account of the making of Ordet only strengthens our admiration for Dreyer's astonishing film. -- Matthew H. Bernstein, Emory University --

<p> Jan Wahl has written a very personal account far from the usual run of 'film studies, ' yet all the more fascinating and instructive in that it might be the sketch for another Dreyer film about the novice and the master. This is non-fiction but at its best it reads like a story. --David Thomson, author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film --

<p> Carl Theodor Dreyer and Ordet: My Summer With the Danish Filmmaker -- with its fascinating descriptions of the director's intentions for his great dream project -- comes as one of the most welcome film books of the year. --Hollywood Reporter --

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Jan Wahl is the author of more than one hundred books for all ages. His books include How the Children Stopped the Wars, The Art Collector, Through a Lens Darkly, and DEAR STINKPOT: Letters From Louise Brooks. He lives in Toledo, OH.

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