Great condition but is a retired library copy so has stamps, etc. inside the cover. #hardcover #nonfiction #film #filmindustry #talkingfilm #cinema #filmhistory #americancinema

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Massachusetts

The American Talking Film, History and Memory, 1927-1949

Andrew Sarris has long been one of America's most celebrated writers on film, author of the seminal work The American Cinema, and for decades a highly regarded critic, first for The Village Voice and more recently for The New York Observer. Now comes Sarris's definitive statement on film, in amasterwork that has taken 25 years to complete.Here is a sweeping--and highly personal--history of American film, from the birth of the talkies (beginning with The Jazz Singer and Al Jolson's memorable line "You ain't heard nothin' yet") to the decline of the studio system. By far the largest section of the book celebrates the work of thegreat American film directors, with giants such as John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles, and Howard Hawks examined film by film. Sarris also offers glowing portraits of major stars, from Garbo and Bogart to Ingrid Bergman, Margaret Sullavan, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn,Clark Gable, and Carole Lombard. There is a tour of the studios--Metro, Paramount, RKO, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Universal--revealing how each left its own particular stamp on film. And in perhaps the most interesting and original section, we are treated to an informative look at filmgenres--the musical, the screwball comedy, the horror picture, the gangster film, and the western.A lifetime of watching and thinking about cinema has gone into this book. It is the history that film buffs have been waiting for.

"You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet"

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#hollywood #independentfilm #film #filmmaking #cinema #movies

California

A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema

The day of the independent filmmaker has dawned. In the last decade, through films such as Pulp Fiction, Roger and Me, Slacker, and Clerks, the public has been made acutely aware of the ever-growing presence of this new wave of artist. Pierson, who has seen over 1,000 debut features of this ilk, has hand-picked 20 of them for review in this unprecendented book.

Spike, Mike, Slackers and Dykes

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#hardcover #romcom #Erincarlson #romanticcomedy #actors #cinema #entertainment 

Georgia

How Nora Ephron's Three Iconic Films Saved the Romantic Comedy

A backstage look at the making of Nora Ephron's revered trilogy--When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail, and Sleepless in Seattle--which brought romantic comedies back to the fore, and an intimate portrait of the beloved writer/director who inspired a generation of Hollywood women, from Mindy Kaling to Lena Dunham. In I'll Have What She's Having entertainment journalist Erin Carlson tells the story of the real Nora Ephron and how she reinvented the romcom through her trio of instant classics. With a cast of famous faces including Reiner, Hanks, Ryan, and Crystal, Carlson takes readers on a rollicking, revelatory trip to Ephron's New York City, where reality took a backseat to romance and Ephron--who always knew what she wanted and how she wanted it--ruled the set with an attention to detail that made her actors feel safe but sometimes exasperated crew members. Along the way, Carlson examines how Ephron explored in the cinema answers to the questions that plagued her own romantic life and how she regained faith in love after one broken engagement and two failed marriages. Carlson also explores countless other questions Ephron's fans have wondered about: What sparked Reiner to snap out of his bachelor blues during the making of When Harry Met Sally? Why was Ryan, a gifted comedian trapped in the body of a fairytale princess, not the first choice for the role? After she and Hanks each separatel balked at playing Mail's Kathleen Kelly and Sleepless' Sam Baldwin, what changed their minds? And perhaps most importantly: What was Dave Chappelle doing ... in a turtleneck? An intimate portrait of a one of America's most iconic filmmakers and a look behind the scenes of her crowning achievements, I'll Have What She's Having is a vivid account of the days and nights when Ephron, along with assorted cynical collaborators, learned to show her heart on the screen.

I'll Have What She's Having

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Some wear on dust jacket. #hardcover #cinema #cinematography #paulnewman #movies #motionpictures

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Connecticut

The Films of Paul Newman

SIGNED COPY! #wallylamb #cinema #bestsellingauthor #hardcover old price tags, yellowing, otherwise excellent condition, see pics 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

I’ll Take You There

#hardcover #kimjong #nonfiction #history #dictator #cinema #northkorea #moviestars 

Kansas

The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power

"The 1978 abductions of the South Korean actress Choi-Eun-hee and her ex-husband, the director Shin Sang-ok, in Hong Kong is the true crime at the center of Paul Fischer's gripping and surprisingly timely new book."
-The New York Times

Before becoming the world's most notorious dictator, Kim Jong-Il ran North Korea's Ministry for Propaganda and its film studios. Conceiving every movie made, he acted as producer and screenwriter. Despite this control, he was underwhelmed by the available talent and took drastic steps, ordering the kidnapping of Choi Eun-Hee (Madam Choi)-South Korea's most famous actress-and her ex-husband Shin Sang-Ok, the country's most famous filmmaker.

Madam Choi vanished first. When Shin went to Hong Kong to investigate, he was attacked and woke up wrapped in plastic sheeting aboard a ship bound for North Korea. Madam Choi lived in isolated luxury, allowed only to attend the Dear Leader's dinner parties. Shin, meanwhile, tried to escape, was sent to prison camp, and "re-educated." After four years he cracked, pledging loyalty. Reunited with Choi at the first party he attends, it is announced that the couple will remarry and act as the DearLeader's film advisors. Together they made seven films, in the process gaining Kim Jong-Il's trust. While pretending to research a film in Vienna, they flee to the U.S. embassy and are swept to safety.

A nonfiction thriller packed with tension, passion, and politics, author Paul Fischer'sA Kim Jong-Il Production offers a rare glimpse into a secretive world, illuminating a fascinating chapter of North Korea's history that helps explain how it became the hermetically sealed, intensely stage-managed country it remains today.

A Kim Jong-Il Production

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#hardcover #nonfiction #hollywood #quips #quotes #oldschool #nostalgia #cinema #bigscreen #comedy

Michigan

Quips and Quotes from Hollywood

This collection of the funniest, most acerbic, most insulting lines ever uttered by the wits of the film industry--as well as by equally witty outsiders whose opinions of Hollywood are usually less than flattering. Includes 12 pages of black-and-white photos from famous films such as "Gone With the Wind, The Godfather, On the Waterfront," and "The Wizard of Oz," among others.

Frankly, My Dear

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Good shape. Been on my shelf for a while. 
L👀king for a new home.

 #hardcover #movies #cinema #DK #portraits #photographs #history #Hollywood #actors #films

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Huge Hardcover (6 to 8 lbs)

Fully revised and updated--including the 2003 Academy Awards--Cinema Year by Year is the definitive chronology of the movies. Thousands of lively, informative articles trace the development of the cinema from the first experiments of Edison and the Lumieres to the global film industry of the 21st century, accompanied throughout by stills, posters, portraits, and other images, this volume is a pleasure to browse as well as a terrific reference for movie lovers.

⭐ Cinema Year by Year, 1894-2003

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#paperback #acedemyawards #cinema #johnirving #historicalfiction #movies 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

"AN OLD-FASHIONED, BIG-HEARTED NOVEL . . . with its epic yearning caught in the 19th century, somewhere between Trollope and Twain . . . The rich detail makes for vintage Irving."
--The Boston Sunday Globe

"The Cider House Rules is filled with people to love and to feel for. . . . The characters in John Irving's novel break all the rules, and yet they remain noble and free-spirited. Victims of tragedy, violence, and injustice, their lives seem more interesting and full of thought-provoking dilemmas than the lives of many real people."
--The Houston Post

"John Irving's sixth and best novel . . . He is among the very best storytellers at work today. At the base of Irving's own moral concerns is a rare and lasting regard for human kindness."
--The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Entertaining and affecting . . . John Irving is the most relentlessly inventive writer around. He proliferates colorful incidents and crotchets of character. . . . A truly astounding amount of artistry and ingenuity."
--The San Diego Union

The Cider House Rules

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#paperback #film #filmschool #directing #cinema #contemporary

Oregon

Kelly Reichardt

#paperback #cinema #nonfiction #editing #film 

A Perspective on Film Editing

Comprises a revised second edition of film editor Walter Murch's thought-provoking essay on the art and process of film editing. Originally published in 1992, revisions take new technologies such as digital editing into account. c. Book News Inc.

In the Blink of an Eye

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A masterclass on the art of directing from the Pulitzer Prize-winning (and Oscar and Tony-nominated) writer of Glengarry Glen Ross, Speed the Plow, The Verdict, and Wag the Dog Calling on his unique perspective as playwright, screenwriter, and director of his own critically acclaimed movies like House of Games, State and Main, and Things Change, David Mamet illuminates how a film comes to be. He looks at every aspect of directing—from script to cutting room—to show the many tasks directors undertake in reaching their prime objective: presenting a story that will be understood by the audience and has the power to be both surprising and inevitable at the same time. Based on a series of classes Mamet taught at Columbia University's film school, On Directing Film will be indispensible not only to students but to anyone interested in an overview of the craft of filmmaking. "Passion, clarity, commitment, intelligence—just what one would expect from Mamet." —Sidney Lumet, Academy Award-nominated director of 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network, and The Verdict

On Directing Film

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#paperback #fiction #humor #cinema #comedian #funny

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Missouri

"A work of shimmering, glimmering genius" - Stephen FryGordy LaSure's passionate about film. He eats film, he drinks film, and sometimes he'll evenwatcha film. But most of all he lovestalking to peopleabout film: whether a comely student with low confidence and a father complex, a Studio "development' exec who doesn't trust his own judgement, or the countless people Gordy LaSure's encountered in his capacity as the web moderator on an Excessive Sweating Discussion Forum. Gordy LaSure'salwaystalking about films and how they'd be a shit ton better if only people would pull their asses out of their ears and listen to Gordy LaSure.

The voyage of this book can be categorized as an attempt to understand How In Hell Film Works. Why are some films bad, and some filmsterrible?How come just a handful of films (Titanic, Porky's, Dirty Harry) areany good at all? Gordy'll tell you How and Why, and he'll give you a slug of Wherefore on the side. And he doesn't shoot from the hip; he shoots from the gut.

The Grip of Film

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Clean pages 
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Working with Stanley Kubrick

The author describes his experiences working with Stanley Kubrick on his last film, Eyes Wide Shut.

Eyes Wide Open

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#korea #historical #insane #cinema #ColdWar

#paperback #film #cinema #studies #eco #envirnomentalism #western 

Western Cinema and the Environment  

Gunfight at the Eco-Corral

#paperback #ecocriticism #film #filmschool #documentary #hollywood #cinema 

Framing the World: Explorations in Ecocriticism and Film

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Texas

501 Must-See Movies is essential reading for both the film buff and those who simply enjoy going to the movies. * The book is divided into ten genres, with fifty films appearing in each category * Each entry includes a synopsis of the plot, details of awards for which it was nominated and those it won, and fascinating background or insider knowledge about the making of the movie * Contains over a century of film history.

501 Must-See Movies (some pen marks throughout)

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“Combining detailed narrative history -- economic, ideological, and esthetic -- with thought-provoking analysis, this study provides extensive coverage of cinema in the Arab world.” Previous library book in excellent used condition! #cinema #movies #educational #arts #filmstudies #womensstudies #genderstudies #arabstudies

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

History and Cultural Identity 

Arab Cinema

#paperback #filmstudies #filmmaking #directing #filmschool #cinema #film 

The Films of Kelly Reichardt

#paperback #biography #AvaGardner #hollywood #oldhollywood #cinema #moviestar #50s 

"A candid self-portrait of the late film legend's golden-era Hollywood life traces her impoverished childhood in North Carolina through the heights of her career, sharing unflinching coverage of her relationships with such figures as Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra and George C. Scott. 150,000 first printing."

Andrew Sarris

"You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet"

John Pierson; Kevin Smith

Spike, Mike, Slackers and Dykes

Erin Carlson

I'll Have What She's Having

Lawrence J. Quirk

The Films of Paul Newman

Wally Lamb

I’ll Take You There

Paul Fischer

A Kim Jong-Il Production

Shelley Klein

Frankly, My Dear

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff

⭐ Cinema Year by Year, 1894-2003

John Irving

The Cider House Rules

Katherine Fusco and Nicole Seymour

Kelly Reichardt

Walter Murch

In the Blink of an Eye

David Mamet

On Directing Film

Richard Ayoade

The Grip of Film

Frederic Raphael

Eyes Wide Open

Paul Fischer

A Kim Jong-Il Production

Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann

Gunfight at the Eco-Corral

Paula Willoquet-Maricondi

Framing the World: Explorations in Ecocriticism and Film

Bounty Books

501 Must-See Movies (some pen marks throughout)

Viola Shafik

Arab Cinema

E. Dawn Hall

The Films of Kelly Reichardt

Peter Evans; Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner: the Secret Conversations

Carol Krenz

100 years Hollywood

Various

Little White Lies: Truth & Movies

Josh Gross

The last word