Crossing Boundaries
The Reinvention of Auteur Ismail Merchant
By Phillip Williams
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/screenwriting/article/crossing_boundaries_2783/
One half of Merchant Ivory Films, a company associated with
some of the most literate, laced-up, quality cinema of the
last 20 years, Ismail Merchant has built a reputation as one
of the most successful producers in film today. His recent
forays behind the camera now include The Mystic Masseur
(opening nationwide next month) adapted from the novel by
V.S. Nipul. The main character shares Merchant's own seemingly
boundless energy—and his talent for reinventing and redefining
himself.