Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New Jersey

The History Behind the Major Motion Picture

Dunkirk

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Illinois

New York and the Movies

A tale of two cities -- both called "New York."

The first is a real city, an urban agglomeration of millions. The second is a mythic city, so rich in memory and association and sense of place that to people everywhere it has come to seem real: the New York of such films such as 42nd Street, Rear Window, King Kong, Dead End, The Naked City, Ghostbusters, Annie Hall, Taxi Driver, and Do the Right Thing -- a magical city of the imagination that is as complex, dynamic, and familiar as its namesake of stone and steel.

As James Sanders shows in this deeply original work, the dream city of the movies -- created by more than a century of films, from the very dawn of the medium itself -- may hold the secret to the allure and excitement of the actual place. Here are the cocktail parties and power lunches, the subway chases and opening nights, the playground rumbles and rooftop romances. Here is an invented Gotham, a place designed specifically for action, drama, and adventure, a city of bright avenues and mysterious side streets, of soaring towers and intimate corners, where remarkable people do exciting, amusing, romantic, scary things. Sanders takes us from the tenement to the penthouse, from New York to Hollywood and back again, from 1896 to the present, all the while showing how the real and mythic cities reflected, changed, and taught each other.

Lavishly illustrated with scores of rare and unusual production images culled from Sanders's decade-long research in studio archives and private collections around the country, Celluloid Skyline offers a new way to see not only America's greatest metropolis, but cities the world over.


From the Hardcover edition.

Celluloid Skyline

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Michigan

The Director's Cut

B. Ruby Rich designated a brand new genre, the New Queer Cinema (NQC), in her groundbreaking article in the Village Voice in 1992. This movement in film and video was intensely political and aesthetically innovative, made possible by the debut of the camcorder, and driven initially by outrage over the unchecked spread of AIDS. The genre has grown to include an entire generation of queer artists, filmmakers, and activists.

As a critic, curator, journalist, and scholar, Rich has been inextricably linked to the New Queer Cinema from its inception. This volume presents her new thoughts on the topic, as well as bringing together the best of her writing on the NQC. She follows this cinematic movement from its origins in the mid-1980s all the way to the present in essays and articles directed at a range of audiences, from readers of academic journals to popular glossies and weekly newspapers. She presents her insights into such NQC pioneers as Derek Jarman and Isaac Julien and investigates such celebrated films as Go Fish, Brokeback Mountain, Itty Bitty Titty Committee, and Milk. In addition to exploring less-known films and international cinemas (including Latin American and French films and videos), she documents the more recent incarnations of the NQC on screen, on the web, and in art galleries.

New Queer Cinema

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Texas

His Life and Madness

The life that inspired the major motion picture The Aviator, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese.

Howard Hughes has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle, and reclusiveness. This is the book that breaks through the image to get at the man. Originally published under the title Empire: The Life, Legend, and Madness of Howard Hughes.

Howard Hughes

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This gorgeous coffee-table film book will be an absolutely joy for any movie-lover. This book is clean inside (no writing, even though I thought maybe I'd written a few notes—I didn't find any when I decided to post the book for sale). It comes with the original dust jacket and shows some signs of age: bent corners and a tear in the top right corner of the back of the dust jacket. 

It's a big book: H11.25" x W10" x D1.5" or thereabouts. 

From the dust jacket flap:

Cinema Today is a survey of world cinema and the films that have dominated our screens over the last thirty years. The period since 1970 constitutes nearly one third of the entire history of the cinema, what we might call its Third Age, since it began to develop as a medium in the early twentieth century. During the mid-twentieth century film consolidated its position as the most popular of all art forms and Hollywood became the powerhouse of world cinema. At the end of the 1960s, Hollywood's domination was increasingly challenged by new kinds of cinema from around the world and from other viewpoints, and as a result was forced to reinvent itself. The Third Age began with the emergence of the Hollywood blockbuster and the regeneration of the Hollywood industry. Cinema Today examines this history, while highlighting exciting new developments in cinema across the globe.

Author Edward Buscombe begins with a look at the new Hollywood, its directors and genres, and its ability to react to change which has resulted in Hollywood's continued dominance.
These are the films that world audiences go to see in the millions, not just because of their superior production values, but because they tap into the dreams and fantasies of people the world over. He then surveys the cinemas of other significant centres of world production, such as Eastern and Western Europe, North Africa and Latin America, the Pacific Rim countries and the Bollywood film industry of India. Influential directors such as Steven Spielberg, Chen Kaige and Jean-Luc Godard are featured alongside a new generation of film-makers including Paul Thomas Anderson, Lukas Moodysson and Samira Makhmalbaf. Films as diverse as Dil Se (Mani Rathnam, 1998), Yeelen (Souleymane Cissé, 1987), Talk to Her (Hable con ella, Pedro Almodóvar, 2002), Casino (Martin Scorsese, 1995) and Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977) are all featured.

Fully illustrated with over 700 images including film stills, posters and behind-the scenes shots, this book also features in-depth case studies on a wide range of films. Cinema Today provides an unparalleled insight into the heart of the film industry. 

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I donate all money made from these book sales to local non-profits (SE Pennsylvania) that help people facing a wide range of crises. 


Huge Paperback (6 to 8 lbs)

Pennsylvania

Cinema Today

Wisconsin

Third Edition

Cinematography: Theory & Practice for Cinematographers & Directors

#paperback #art #movie #screenwriting #screenwriter #bible #nonfiction #cinema

Puerto Rico

A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script

The 20th anniversary edition of one of the most popular, authoritative, and useful books on screenwriting. A standard by which other screenwriting books are measured, it has sold over 250,000 copies in its twenty-year life. Always up-to-date and reliable, it contains everything that both the budding and working screenwriter need under one cover - five books in one! A Screenwriting Primer -- that provides a concise course in screenwriting basics; A Screenwriting Workbook -- that walks you through the complete writing process, from nascent ideas through final revisions; A Formatting Guide -- that thoroughly covers today's correct formats for screenplays and TV scripts; A Spec Writing Guide -- that demonstrates today's spec style through sample scenes and analysis, with an emphasis on grabbing the reader's interest in the first ten pages; A Sales and Marketing Guide -- that presents proven strategies to help you create a laser-sharp marketing plan. Among this book's wealth of practical information are sample query letters, useful worksheets and checklists, hundreds of examples, sample scenes, and straightforward explanations of screenwriting fundamentals. This 6th edition is full of new examples, the latest practices, and new material on non-traditional screenplay outlets.

The Screenwriter's Bible

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#cinema #movies #directing #filmmaking #directing 

Ohio

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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California

History

Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality at the Movies

America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in the Movies, 2nd Edition is a lively introduction to issues of diversity as represented within the American cinema.

 * Provides a comprehensive overview of the industrial, socio-cultural, and aesthetic factors that contribute to cinematic representations of race, class, gender, and sexuality
 * Includes over 100 illustrations, glossary of key terms, questions for discussion, and lists for further reading/viewing
 * Includes new case studies of a number of films, including Crash, Brokeback Mountain, and Quinceañera

America on Film

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350 page mass market paperback book about the creation if Stanley Kubricks 2001 A Space Odyssey. 1st printing 1970
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The Making of Kubrick's 2001

#cinema #writing #film #criticism #movies #textbook

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

This book explains how to prepare for and write various types of critical pieces on film. It distinguishes the four main critical formats of writing about film—the review, the critique, the comparative analysis and the documented research paper—from each other (why, when, and how to use each and the different aspects within each). The book provides theory, discussion, component examples and full samples of all formats discussed. The book also provides exercises and strategies to prepare the critic to watch the film and write a first draft. B> preparation for and the process of film criticism, style and structure in film criticism, the review, the analytical critique, the comparative analysis, the documented research paper, primary and secondary sources of works guidelines and an index of names and titles. For anyone interested in critiquing films for personal interest or professional writing.

Critical Approaches to Writing about Film

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

New York

The Making of the Dirty Dozen, the Most Iconic WW II Movie of All Time

An explosive inside look at The Dirty Dozen, the star-studded war film that broke the rules, shocked the critics, thrilled audiences, and became an all-time classic . . .

The year was 1967. A cinematic blockbuster exploded across American popular culture. The Dirty Dozen didn't just reinvent the "men on a mission" war story, it blew the genre to pieces. Like its ragtag team of misfits, it defied authority, mocked the military, and still managed to deliver action, adventure, and no-holds-barred Nazi-killing. It also received four Oscar nominations, launched the careers of many Hollywood legends, and inspired generations of filmmakers like Sam Peckinpah, Quentin Tarantino, and James Gunn.

Based on exclusive interviews with the surviving cast and crew, friends and families of the stars, and other Hollywood insiders, Killing Generals is a riveting must-read for film buffs, military fans, and anyone who loves a down-and-dirty adventure tale. Detailed, insightful, and gossipy, Epstein's homage spotlights the movie's endless barrage of cinematic gold.

During a time when America was reeling from turmoil, Hollywood held an indelible mirror up to a changing society. Films like Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, Cool Hand Luke, and In the Heat of the Night would define the era. But it was a gritty, violent, darkly comic World War II movie called The Dirty Dozen that would really strike a chord with audiences--and become the year's biggest box office success. Heading up the all-star cast were Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, John Cassavettes, Charles Bronson, Donald Sutherland, Jim Brown, Robert Ryan, Clint Walker, and at his most terrifying best, Telly Savalas, propelling many of them to stardom.

Killin' Generals

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In this book, 35 directors champion their favorite overlooked or critically savaged gems. Among these guilty pleasures, almost-masterpieces, and undeniable classics in need of revival are unsung noirs (Murder by Contract), famous flops (Can’t Stop the Music, Joe Versus the Volcano), art films (L’ange), theatrical adaptations (The Iceman Cometh), B-movies (Killer Klowns from Outer Space), and even a few Oscar-winners (Some Came Running). #movies #film #interviews #paperback #Cinema #cult 

35 Directors Champion the Forgotten or Critically Savaged Movies They Love

Thirty-five directors reveal which overlooked or critically savaged films they believe deserve a larger audience while offering advice on how to watch each film.

The Best Film You've Never Seen

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2 book bundle including European Cinema edited by Elizabeth Ezra (has some water damage to upper right corner) and The European Cinema Reader edited by Catherine Fowler (some light highlighting)

This is a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of national cinemas in Europe, bringing together classic writings by key film-makers such as Eisenstein, Bunuel and Grierson and by critics such as Bazin and Wollen.

European Cinema Reader Bundle

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#nonfiction #biography #autobiography #paperback #bergman #film #foreignfilm #cinema #art

My Life in Film

The highly acclaimed Swedish director comments on his more than fifty films and a life spent in film, in an illustrated chronicle of Bergman's career

Images

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#paperback #teachingfilm #film #movies #cinema #education #filmstudies 

A Text Guide for Students of Cinema Art

Responding to Film is a dynamic tool for students who seek as complete an understanding of film as is humanly possible. By focussing on film, the author looks at how it offers students an understanding of themselves, of their culture, and of art. This guide also seeks to familiarize students with the practical methodology for studying film: how to understand film genres, techniques, and language.

Responding to Film

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A Biography 

Few celebrities are as instantly recognizable as Woody Allen. Few are as notoriously shy. And perhaps none are as elusive: Is Woody Allen a comedian who wants to be taken seriously? Or is he a serious artist whose films happen to be funny? The very fact that Eric Lax was granted access to Woody for four years in order to research this biography must be counted as a triumph. And what Lax has produced is a marvel of intimacy and insight: a book that traces Allen's career from his precocious start as a gag writer to his apotheosis as a genuine auteur; a book that takes readers behind the scenes of films such as Annie Hall, Hannah and Her Sisters, and Crimes and Misdemeanors; a book that overflows with Woody's candid opinions of his work, his personal relationships, and his life. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Woody Allen

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A History of the Non-Fiction Film 2nd Revised Edition

Documentary

#paperback #film #filmstudies #stanleykubrick #cinema 

A major assessment of the great director's work.

"A must for all fans of Kubrick. Kagan chronicles all of Kubrick's work...with a wealth of background information on the filmmaker and his films". -- Boxoffice

The Cinema of Stanley Kubrick

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Theory and Practical Approaches

For most people, film adaptation of literature can be summed up in one sentence: "The movie wasn't as good as the book." This volume undertakes to show the reader that not only is this evaluation not always true but sometimes it is intrinsically unfair. Movies based on literary works, while often billed as adaptations, are more correctly termed translations. A director and his actors translate the story from the written page into a visual presentation. Depending on the form of the original text and the chosen method of translation, certain inherent difficulties and pitfalls are associated with this change of medium. So often our reception of a book-based movie has more to do with our expectations and reading of the literature than with the job that the movie production did or did not do. Avoiding these biases and fairly evaluating any particular literary-based film takes an awareness of certain factors. Written with a formalistic rather than historical approach, this work presents a comprehensive guide to literature-based films, establishing a contextual and theoretical basis to help the reader understand the relationships between such movies and the original texts as well as the reader's own individual responses to these productions. To this end, it focuses on recognizing and appreciating the inherent difficulties encountered when basing a film on a literary work, be it a novel, novella, play or short story. Individual chapters deal with the specific issues and difficulties raised by each of these genres, providing an overview backed up by case studies of specific film translations. Films and literary works receiving this treatment include The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Lady Windemere's Fan by Oscar Wilde and Shakespeare's Henry V. Interspersed throughout the text are suggestions for activities the film student or buff can use to enhance his or her appreciation and understanding of the films. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Literature into Film

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All books come from a smoke free, pet friendly home and are wrapped in butcher paper before being shipped. See photos for condition. 
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Thank you for looking!! #orsonwelles #hollywood #cinema #movies #filmmaking #filmstudies

The Complete Films of Orson Welles

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

There is no cinema with such effect as that of the hallucinatory horror of Italian horror films. From Riccardo Freda's I Vampiri in 1956 to Dario Argento's Nonhosonno in 2001 (a film hoping to return the genre to its glory period of the 1970s), this work recounts the origins of the genre, celebrates ten auteurs who have contributed to Italian horror, mentions the many who have made noteworthy films, and discusses the influential genres associated with Italian horror. The directors discussed in detail are Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava, Mario Bava, Ruggero Deodata, Lucio Fulci, Umberto Lenzi, Antonia Margheriti, Aristede Massaccesi, Bruno Mattei, and Michele Soavi. career, discussion of influences both literary and cinematic, commentary on the films, with plots and production details, and an exhaustive filmography. The second section lists other important directors, each with a short discussion and selected filmography. The work concludes with a chapter on the future of Italian horror and an appendix of important horror films by other directors, and is richly illustrated with stills, posters, and behind-the-scenes shots.

Italian Horror Film Directors

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A comprehensive study of Nicole Kidman's work through the lens of ten of her most iconic roles

Nicole Kidman (b.1967), internationally renowned and one of the most celebrated actors of her generation, has starred in a host of award- winning movies. She came to worldwide recognition for her roles in Days of Thunder (1990), Far and Away (1992), and Eyes Wide Shut (1995), and has since been the recipient of numerous Golden Globe awards. Her performance as Virginia Woolf in The Hours (2002) received an Oscar for Best Actress.

The Anatomy of an Actor series takes ten roles by a single actor, each studied in a dedicated chapter, and identifies the key elements that made the performances exceptional - carefully examining the actor's craft for both a professional audience and movie fans alike. Arguably the biggest star of his generation, Leonardo DiCaprio (b. 1974) is also one of its finest actors. Since first gaining attention in What's Eating Gilbert Grape at only 19 years old, he has consistently been in the public eye: notably in record-breaking Titanic in 1997, and most recently as the lead in Wolf of Wall Street, nominated for five Oscars.

Joshua Levine

Dunkirk

James Sanders

Celluloid Skyline

B. Ruby Rich

New Queer Cinema

Donald L. Barlett; James B. Steele

Howard Hughes

Edward Buscombe

Cinema Today

Blain Brown

Cinematography: Theory & Practice for Cinematographers & Directors

David Trottier

The Screenwriter's Bible

David Mamet

On Directing Film

Harry M. Benshoff; Sean Griffin

America on Film

Jerome Agel

The Making of Kubrick's 2001

John E. Moscowitz

Critical Approaches to Writing about Film

Dwayne Epstein (Contribution by)

Killin' Generals

Robert K. Elder

The Best Film You've Never Seen

Catherine Fowler (Editor)

European Cinema Reader Bundle

Ingmar Bergman

Images

Constantine Santas

Responding to Film

Constantine Santas

Responding to Film

Eric Lax

Woody Allen

Erik Barnouw

Documentary

Norman Kagan

The Cinema of Stanley Kubrick

Linda Costanzo Cahir

Literature into Film

James Howard

The Complete Films of Orson Welles

Louis Paul; Jesus Franco Manera (Foreword by); Antonella Fulci (Foreword by)

Italian Horror Film Directors

Alexandre Tylski

Nicole Kidman