Books in category Movies

Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies& Bucks

Author: Donald Bogle
Publisher : Continuum Intl Pub Group
ISBN : 9780826412676
Completely updated to include the entire twentieth century, this new fourth edition covers all the latest directors, stars, and films including Summer of Sam, Jackie Brown, The Best Man, and The Hurricane. From The Birth of a Nation--the groundbreaking work of independent filmmaker Oscar Micheaux--and Gone with the Wind to the latest work by Spike Lee, John Singleton, Denzel Washington, Halle Berr

Hollywood Gothic

Author: David J. Skal
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN : 9780571211586

Herzog on Herzog

Author: Paul Cronin
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN : 9780571207084
Most of what we`ve heard about Werner Herzog is untrue. The sheer number of false rumors and downright lies disseminated about the man and his films is truly astonishing. Yet Herzog`s body of work is one of the most important in postwar European cinema.
His international breakthrough came in 1973 with AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD, in which Klaus Kinski played a crazed Conquistador. For THE ENIGMA

Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese

Author: Michael J. Nelson
Publisher : Harper Entertainment
ISBN : 9780380814671
In this collection of witty essays, Mike Nelson of Mystery Science Theater 3000 discusses goofy actors and reviews numerous films, such as THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and ANACONDA.

Life the Movie

Author: Neal Gabler
Publisher : Random House Inc
ISBN : 9780375706530
Gabler's argument here is an interesting, even an arresting one. He says that entertainment, the subject of his previous two books (and of his next one, a biography of Walt Disney), has become increasingly important, and not just because it is a big industry and a leading exporter; its logic and rhythm have become the controlling ones in American life.'Karl Marx and Joseph Schumpeter both seem to

Leading Men

Author: Molly Haskell, Frank Miller
Publisher : Chronicle Books Llc
ISBN : 9780811854672
Tough, sophisticated, witty, and handsome from Rudolph Valentino to Buster Keaton, Cary Grant to Jimmy Stewart, Humphrey Bogart to Steve McQueen, each of the actors featured in this book brought a magnetic presence to the screen and made a powerful and enduring mark on film history. Produced by Turner Classic Movies, this stylish and definitive guide as the inside scoop and off-the-record reveals

Who The Hell`s In It

Author: Peter Bogdanovich
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN : 9780345480026
Peter Bogdanovich, known primarily as a director, film historian and critic, has been working with professional actors all his life. He started out as an actor (he debuted on the stage in his sixth-grade production of Finian's Rainbow); he watched actors work (he went to the theater every week from the age of thirteen and saw every important show on, or off, Broadway for the next decade); he studi

I Hated,hated,hated This Movie Sequel

Author: Roger Ebert
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Pub
ISBN : 9780740763663
From Roger's review of Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (0 stars): The movie created a spot of controversy in February 2005. According to a story by Larry Carroll of MTV News, Rob Schneider took offense when Patrick Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times listed this year's Best Picture nominees and wrote that they were 'ignored, unloved, and turned down flat by most of the same studios that . . . bankro

Screenplay

Author: Syd Field
Publisher : Bantam Dell Pub Group
ISBN : 9780385339032
Here are easily understood guidelines to make film writing accessible to novices and to help practiced writers improve their scripts. Syd Field pinpoints the structural and stylistic elements to every good screenplay. He presents a step-by-step, comprehensive technique for writng the script that will succeed: How do you collaborate successfully with someone else? How do you adapt a novel, a play,

The Celestine Prophecy

Author: James Redfield, Tom Stechschulte, Leger Joynes, Lou Diamond Phillips, Monty Joynes
Publisher : Grand Central Pub
ISBN : 9780446518628
First published in 1993, this tale has gained a loyal following, entertaining and inspiring thousands of readers with its far-reaching ideas. First-time author James Redfield carries the reader through a quest that begins when the main character decides to follow the exciting trail of a mysterious manuscript rumored to exist somewhere in the jungles of Peru. As his characters go through a series o

The Celestine Prophecy

Author: James Redfield, Tom Stechschulte, Leger Joynes, Lou Diamond Phillips, Monty Joynes
Publisher : Grand Central Pub
ISBN : 9780446671002
The Celestine Prophecy continues to cause a worldwide sensation. Its nine insights into the spiritual awakening of the human race and its purpose on the planet have taken the world by storm. Now--for the first time since its hardcover publication-- The Celestine Prophecy is available in trade paperback.

Film Noir (Hardcover)

Author: James Ursini
Publisher : Overlook Pr
ISBN : 9781590201442
Everything you ever wanted to know about Film Noir, but didn''t even know to ask, in one epic reference Enter the world of film noir, a world of darkness, ambiguity, and moral corruption. Meet the cynical and obsessive heroes of film noir portrayed by actors like Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, James Cageny, Joan Crawford, and Bette Davis. You may encounter a gun-toting gangster, a femme fatale wrap

The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made

Author: Staff of the New York Times, Peter M. Nichols, A. O. Scott
Publisher : Griffin
ISBN : 9780312326111
Compiling a collection of original reviews by the critics of The New York Times, a collection of what they consider the finest films ever made encompasses movies of every conceivable genre, including musicals, dramas, comedies, foreign films, and animated features, as well as a 10 Best list for every year from 1931 to the present. Original.

The Making of Star Wars

Author: J. W. Rinzler
Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN : 9780345494764
From the Publisher After the 1973 success of American Graffiti, filmmaker George Lucas made the fateful decision to pursue a longtime dream project: a space fantasy movie unlike any ever produced. Lucas envisioned a swashbuckling SF saga inspired by the Flash Gordon serials classic American westerns, the epic cinema of Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa, and mythological heroes. Its original title: Th

The Devil`s Guide to Hollywood

Author: Joe Eszterhas
Publisher : St Martins Pr
ISBN : 9780312373849
A successful screenwriter offers an idiosyncratic, candid look at his thirty years in the film business, offering helpful advice and anecdotes on how to become a successful filmmaker, on writing and selling scripts, and on surviving the cutthroat, high-pressure world of Hollywood. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

The New Biographical Dictionary of Film

Author: David Thomson
Publisher : Alfred a Knopf Inc
ISBN : 9780375709401
With the addition of hundreds of new entries, this third revision of the critically acclaimed volume now includes well over one thousand entries on the leading international actors, directors, and producers, taking the form of individual critical essays. The book is much more than a list of credits or facts: it is a highly readable and informative work of film criticism.

The Anime Companion

Author: Gilles Poitras
Publisher : Stone Bridge Pr
ISBN : 9781880656327
More than a guide to the hot phenomenon of Japanese animation, this book offers an encyclopedia treatise on the culture that produces it. More than 500 glossary-style entries explore the author's rants on fandom, food, anime babes, large eyes, and sex and bloody noses. 30 photos. 45 line drawings.

Basics Film-making (Paperback)

Author: Robert Edgar-hunt
Publisher : Ava Academia
ISBN : 9782940411009
Coinciding with the thirtieth anniversary of the first Star Wars film and including long-lost interviews and photos, a title penned by a Lucasfilm staff member uncovers the challenges and dramas behind the creation of a movie that changed filmmaking forever. Simultaneous.

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Christians in the Movies (Hardcover)

Author: Peter Dans
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
ISBN : 9780742570306
Coinciding with the thirtieth anniversary of the first Star Wars film and including long-lost interviews and photos, a title penned by a Lucasfilm staff member uncovers the challenges and dramas behind the creation of a movie that changed filmmaking forever. Simultaneous.

Min Price: 46.00  Max Price: 120.00 

Screenwriting

Author: Gulino
Publisher : Continuum Intl Pub Group
ISBN : 9780826415684
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