Robert Rodriguez

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Indiana

Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player

Famed independent screenwriter and director Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spy Kids, Machete) discloses all the unique strategies and original techniques he used to make his remarkable debut film El Mariachi on a shoestring budget.

This is both one man's remarkable story and an essential guide for anyone who has a celluloid story to tell and the dreams and determination to see it through. Part production diary, part how-to manual, Rodriguez unveils how he was able to make his influential first film on only a $7,000 budget. Also included is the appendix, "The Ten Minute Film Course," a tell-all on how to save thousands of dollars on film school and teach yourself the ropes of film production, directing, and screenwriting. 

A perfect gift for the aspiring filmmaker.

Rebel Without a Crew

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Ira Marcks

Florida

"Shark Summer is bursting with vibrant, expressive art....The characters are distinct and relatable...It's a lovely read!"--Molly Knox Ostertag, author of the Witch Boy series

"Eloquently chronicled in Marcks's cinematic panels, friendships are formed and repaired, parental relationships articulated, and inner conflicts expressed and resolved. A winning production." --Kirkus



When a Hollywood film crew arrives on Martha's Vineyard with a mechanical shark and a youth film contest boasting a huge cash prize, disgraced pitcher Gayle "Blue Streak" Briar sees a chance to turn a bad season into the best summer ever.



After recruiting aspiring cinematographer Elijah Jones and moody director Maddie Grey, Gayle and her crew set out to uncover the truth of the island's own phantom shark and win the prize money. But these unlikely friends are about to discover what happens when you turn your camera toward the bad things lurking below the surface.
 

Shark Summer

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Mississippi

How to Sell Yourself and Your Movie Idea to Hollywood

Learn how to communicate through a memorable and passionate pitch that will make you and your story a winner. A terrific book for anyone interested in how showbiz works.

The Perfect Pitch

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Tom Rogers

New York

Hollywood's Best Mistakes, Goofs and Flat-Out Dstructions of the Basic Laws of the Universe

Uses basic scientific principles and theories to examine and expose implausible and inaccurate scenes in such films as "The Matrix," "The Core," and "Star Wars."

Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics

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Alicia Malone

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Michigan

Essential Movies Made by Women (Alicia Malone's Movie History of Women in Entertainment)

ALICIA MALONE'S TAKE ON INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN FILM!

"Once again Alicia Malone champions women filmmakers, opening the floodgates to a great new wave of female voices and creative vision."―Maria Giese, filmmaker and activist

#1 Bestseller in Movies & Video Guides & Reviews

With the success of the Wonder Woman movies and the results following the outcry of the #MeToo movement, now is the time to highlight the female influences in film history previously left unheard! 

The voices of powerful women in old Hollywood--told. You may have heard the term "male gaze," coined in the 1970s, about how art and entertainment have been influenced by the male's perspective. What about the opposite? Women have been making movies since the very beginning of cinema. In The Female Gaze, Alicia Malone explores the ideas, thoughts, and views we learn from women from behind the scenes. What does the world look like through the "female gaze"?

Learn about women who changed the world. Discover brilliantly talented and accomplished women directors, both world renowned and obscure, who have shaped the film industry in ways rarely fully acknowledged. Find mini-essays written by women like Alicia Malone and other diverse female film critics. Featuring past and present films, this behind the scenes guidebook is perfect for the Hollywood history fan in your life.

Inside, observe:

 * How female directors' voices shaped films and the film industry
 * The advancements and accomplishments of influential women in history and film
 * The lives of these women and the struggles they faced throughout Hollywood history

If you liked Women in Art or Camera Man, you'll adore the powerful women in history found in Alicia Malone's The Female Gaze.

The Female Gaze

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Bought used, a previous owner left highlights (no notes) in part 5: postproduction. The rest of the book is not annotated. Some wear to the spine. Please reach out if you have any questions, I would be happy to discuss! Thanks 💕

Georgia

How to Make Your Breakthrough Movie

This book explains in precise, easy to understand language everything the novice director needs to know before taking on his or her first professional assignment.

First Time Director

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Robert Pollock

This book is a clean copy with a good spine and binding. The contents and Graphics are in good condition. There is minimal wear inside. There is slight wear on the paperback cover. Will ship within hours after your order is received. Thanks for stopping by and please stay safe.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Texas

From developing a treatment to writing and selling your script all you need to perfect your craft

The everything screenwriting book

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Kathryn Lasky

Pennsylvania

“A well-researched and uncompromising stand-alone novel focusing on the Nazi genocide of the Roma and Sinti peoples.” —Publishers Weekly In this chilling but ultimately uplifting novel, Kathryn Lasky imagines the lives of the Romani—called the “Gypsy Plague” by the Nazis—who worked as extras for Hitler’s real favorite filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. Fifteen-year-old Lilo and the other extras are barely fed, closely guarded, and kept in a locked barn when not on the movie set. And Riefenstahl is always present, answering the slightest provocation with malice, flaunting the power to assign prisoners to life or death. When faced with a rare opportunity, Lilo takes matters into her own hands, effecting an escape and running for her life, giving readers a story of survival unlike any other.

The Extra

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Utah

Short Stories - Lawless - The Law Is A Lady

The Law of Love

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

SIXTH EDITION (ONLY THE TEXT)

An introduction to film appreciation, covering the techniques and principles of film production.

Film Art and Free Film Viewer's Guide

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Mark Cotta Vaz

Virginia

New Moon: the Official Illustrated Movie Companion

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California

Digital technology is changing the ways in which filmmakers compose images and tell stories. This book covers the creative and technical aspects of digital shooting. It is designed to provide detailed, practical guidance on DV filmmaking, geared towards first-time filmmakers and film professonals.

The IFILM Digital Video Filmmaker's Handbook

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The Collaborative Art of Filmmaking

Interviews screenwriters, producers, directors, actors, production designers, editors, and composers to give an overall impression of how a film is made

From Script to Screen

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Explore the making of the film The Twilight Saga: Eclipse in this ultimate visual companion, lavishly illustrated with full-color photos of the cast, locations, and sets. This beautiful paperback edition celebrates the onscreen creation of Stephenie Meyer's fascinating world, brought to life by critically acclaimed director David Slade. With never-before-seen images, exclusive interviews and personal stories, renowned author Mark Cotta Vaz takes you behind the scenes with cast and crew, uncovering intimate details of the filmmaking process.

The Twilight Saga Eclipse: the Official Illustrated Movie Companion

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The Name Above the Title

A LOOK AT THE ENDURING MYSTERY
OF DAVID LYNCH

At once a pop-culture icon, cult figure, and film industry outsider, master filmmaker David Lynch and his work defy easy defi-nition. Dredged from his subconscious mind, Lynch's work is primed to act on our own subconscious, combining heightened, contradictory emotions into something familiar but inscrutable. No less than his art, Lynch's life also evades simple categoriza-tion, encompassing pursuits as a musician, painter, photographer, carpenter, entrepre-neur, and vocal proponent of Transcendental Meditation.
David Lynch: The Man from Another Place, Dennis Lim's remarkably smart and concise book, proposes several lenses through which to view Lynch and his work: through the age-old mysteries of the uncanny and the sublime, through the creative energies of surrealism and postmodernism, through ideas of America and theories of good and evil. Lynch himself often warns against overinterpreta-tion. And accordingly, this is not a book that seeks to decode his art or annotate his life— to dispel the strangeness of the Lynchian-so much as one that offers complementary ways of seeing and understanding one of the most distinctive bodies of work in modern cinema. Its spirit is true to its subject, in remaining suggestive rather than definitive, in allowing what Lynch likes to call "room to dream," and in honoring the allure of the unknown and the unknowable.

DENNIS LIM is a writer and film curator in New York City and the director of programming at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. A former contributor to the New York Times, he is also the editor of The Village Voice Film Guide: 50 Years of Movies from Classics to Cult Hits (2006).

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David Lynch: The Man From Another Place

Steven Ascher

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age: Fifth Edition

With a myriad of options and technology available to filmmakers, making a film is more affordable than ever. As legions of would-be filmmakers aspire to put their dreams on screen, to become the next Scorsese or viral YouTube hit, this comprehensive guide is more essential than ever. Covering digital video, film and even DSLR still cameras with video capabilities, two award winning filmmakers and teachers address all aspects of filmmaking.

The Filmmaker's Handbook

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Roger Ebert

Nice copy overall. Pages are crisp and clean, with no observable markings. Minor ink marking on top outside pages(pictured). Binding is tight.  PLEASE SEE PICTURES.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

North Carolina

A Memoir

"The best thing Mr. Ebert has ever written." - Janet Maslin, New York Times

"To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out."

Roger Ebert is the best-known film critic of our time. He has been reviewing films for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, and was the first film critic ever to win a Pulitzer Prize. He has appeared on television for four decades.

In 2006, complications from thyroid cancer treatment resulted in the loss of his ability to eat, drink, or speak. But with the loss of his voice, Ebert has only become a more prolific and influential writer. And now, for the first time, he tells the full, dramatic story of his life and career.

In this candid, personal history, Ebert chronicles it all: his loves, losses, and obsessions; his struggle and recovery from alcoholism; his marriage; his politics; and his spiritual beliefs. He writes about his years at the Sun-Times, his colorful newspaper friends, and his life-changing collaboration with Gene Siskel. He shares his insights into movie stars and directors like John Wayne and Martin Scorsese.

This is a story that only Roger Ebert could tell. Filled with the same deep insight, dry wit, and sharp observations that his readers have long cherished, this is more than a memoir -- it is a singular, warm-hearted, inspiring look at life itself.



Life Itself

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Jim Hensen

Jerry Juhl

Betwoon 1967 mid 1974, Jim Henson and his Longtime writing partnor Jerry Juhl developed three drafts of a screenplay for a feature-length film entitled Tale of Sand.


It was during the development of the later drafts of the screenplay that Jim Henson became involved in the production of Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, and left behind the experimental filmmaking of his youth to concentrate on the creations that would in time make him a household name.

Tale of Sand remained in the vaults of The Jim Henson Company as the only feature-length screenplay written by Henson that he was never able to produce during his lifetime.

With the permission of The Jim Henson Company and undor the supervision of Jim's daughter, Lisa Honson, Archaia Entertainmont is proud to bring this lost work of art to life as a graphic novel, stumningly illustrated by acclaimod artist Ramón K. Pórez.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Join us as we explore this missing piece of Jim Henson''s career in a celebration of his creative process. Discovered in the Archives of the The Jim Henson Company, A Tale of Sand is an original graphic novel adaptation of an unproduced, feature-length screenplay written by Jim Henson and his frequent writing partner, Jerry Juhl. A Tale of Sand follows scruffy everyman, Mac, who wakes up in an unfamiliar town, and is chased across the desert of the American Southwest by all manners of man and beast of unimaginable proportions. Produced with the complete blessing of Lisa Henson, A Tale of Sand will allow Henson fans to recognize some of the inspirations and set pieces that appeared in later Henson Company productions.

Jim Henson's a Tale of Sand HC

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New Jersey

The Best Movie Writing 2001 is dedicated to collecting the best writing about our most influential medium, our most popular, evocative and hotly debated art and mode of storytelling, and includes several new features: introductions of each piece by the guest editor; comments by the contributors on their pieces: and a catalog of America's most important movie magazines. Discussions are not limited to individual films, actors and directors but range from the racial politics of Gone With the Wind to the protest surrounding the 1999 adaptation of the book American Psycho; from how the MPAA rates independent films, to the battle between proponents of film and the new digital technology. Includes selections from Ian Buruma, Molly Haskell, Michael Herr, John Irving, Lawrence Kasdan, Jack Kerouac, Stuart Klawans, Stanley Kubric, and others.

Best American Movie Writing 2001

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Your All Access Pass to Launching Your Film on the Festival Circuit

Explains how amateur filmmakers can get their films shown on the movie festival circuit.

The Complete Filmmaker's Guide to Film Festivals

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June 1994

Film Threat Magazine #16

Nicole Shay LaLoggia

Eden H. Wurmfeld

STILL HAS UNOPENED CD!!! Crazy amazing conditions, great book to learn about the creative process of filmmaking.

This manual for the less experienced independent filmmaker covers the gamut: script rights, rewrites, scheduling, budgeting, production, and distribution. Every chapter includes an interview with an important figure in the film industry. A companion CD-ROM includes the interviews, 100 production forms, and a demo version of "Movie Magic" budgeting software. 210 line illustrations.

IFP/West Independent Filmmaker's Manual

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Sidney Lumet

The award-winning director journeys inside the world of film to illuminate the arduous process of creating movies, discussing the art and craft of directing, writers and actors, the camera, art direction, editing, sound tracks, distribution and marketing, and the studio role. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

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