Heaven Help Us
May, 2003
Although he is best known for such international projects as A Room With a View, Indian-born producer and director Ismail Merchant finds he spends time watching films that explore the American experience. "My favorite is still Gone With the Wind. Then there's Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard and Some Like It Hot. And I'm quite fond of Hal Ashby's film about Woody Guthrie, Bound for Glory. More recently I've enjoyed Steven Soderbergh's work, particularly Sex, Lies and Videotape and Traffic. O...
