A Third Face, by Samuel Fuller
Review by Jeffrey M. Anderson
Buy A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting, and Filmmaking, by Samuel Fuller, with Christa Lang Fuller and Jerome Henry Rudes
A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting, and Filmmaking by
Samuel Fuller (Knopf, $35), with Christa Lang Fuller and Jerome Henry Rudes
captures the life of the crusty "B" filmmaker in the best way
possible -- in his own words. Fuller began working for a newspaper
before he was old enough to drive and served in WWII in one of the
toughest and most dangerous outfits, the big red one. When he settled in
Hollywood and began writing and directing pictures, he wasn't about to
take any guff from anyone. He lashed into the easy, syrupy Hollywood way
of moviemaking, punched out 23 films and barely registered a blip in the
mainstream consciousness. Cigar-chomping, profanity-using, and crusty as
hell, Fuller spins enough great "yarns" in his own life story to make
ten more movies.
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