Solid Ivory

<p><b>The irreverent, brilliant memoirs of the legendary filmmaker James Ivory</b><br><br>In <i>Solid Ivory</i>, a carefully crafted mosaic of memories, portraits, and reflections, the Academy Award¿winning filmmaker James Ivory, a partner in the legendary Merchant Ivory Productions and the director of <i>A Room with a View</i>, <i>Howards End</i>, <i>Maurice</i>, and <i>The Remains of the Day</i>, tells stories from his remarkable life and career as one of the most influential directors of his time. At times, he touches on his love affairs, looking back coolly and with unexpected frankness.<br><br>From first meeting his collaborator and life partner, Ismail Merchant, at the Indian Consulate in New York to winning an Academy Award at age eighty-nine for <i>Call Me by Your Name</i>; from seeing his first film at age five in Klamath Falls, Oregon, to memories of Satyajit Ray, Jean Renoir, <i>The New Yorker</i> magazine¿s film critic Pauline Kael (his longtime enemy), Vanessa Redgrave, J.