Dan Fleming

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

New York

Unleashing the Power of the Image (with the Films of Vincent Ward)

This book is a unique exploration of the transformational process that turns film's raw material into deeply moving and provocative experiences. It takes key moments in films as examples of this process and examines how the moment is staged, how visual composition is used, how narrative is structured, how colour, light and music are handled, and how to get inside what it is like to be a fictional character that we really care about. The book also focuses on the deeply personal nature of the filmmaker's creative process, taking the international film director Vincent Ward as an example. Vincent Ward has been described as "one of film's great image-makers." The book looks into the deep sources of this ability, and by doing so provides new insights into the nature of creativity in film. The book is illustrated with a wealth of film images that are used to analyse in depth how scenes are actually constructed, including computer-generated 3-D simulations of staging, camera positioning, and movement. The sections on colour, light, and music explore how intense audio-visual experiences are produced. A section on 'what it is like' offers a new approach to understanding why we care about the people we watch on the screen.

Making the Transformational Moment in Film

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Tom Hanks

Includes a (fictional) comic book that is featured in the novel

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Utah

A Novel

From the legendary actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic books that inspired it. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, while also capturing the changes in America and American culture since World War II.

"Wild, ambitious and exceptionally enjoyable." --Matt Haig, best-selling author The Midnight Library, The Humans and Reasons to Stay Alive

Part One of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for twenty-three years.

Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing underground comic books in Oakland, California, reconnects with his uncle and, remembering the comic book he saw when he was five, draws a new version with his uncle as a World War II fighting hero. 

Cut to the present day: A commercially successful director discovers the 1970 comic book and decides to turn it into a contemporary superhero movie.

Cue the cast: We meet the film's extremely difficult male star, his wonderful leading lady, the eccentric writer/director, the producer, the gofer production assistant, and everyone else on both sides of the camera.

Bonus material: Interspersed throughout are three comic books that are featured in the story--all created by Tom Hanks himself--including the comic book that becomes the official tie-in to this novel's "major motion picture masterpiece."

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

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Mammoth Paperback (8 to 10 lbs)

Maryland

The Complete History of Fifty-Seven Roaring Years 

The MGM Story

Vintage magazine in good condition. Does have aging to the pages which are filled with Hollywood legends pictures and gossip. Hey! Get in your Time Machine and go back 67 years. This is what TMZ looked like in 1957! Start it up let’s go!

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Massachusetts

Hollywood Yearbook 1957

Nicholas Jarecki

Roger Ebert

California

How 20 Film Directors Got Their Start

A naked-truth collection of interviews with today’s hottest film directors detailing how they made their first films and "broke into" the movie industry. When Nicholas Jarecki graduated from New York University’s film school at the age of nineteen, he knew that he wanted to make movies, but the fortress-like wall around the film industry proved hard to crack. So he set out to talk to some of Hollywood’s greatest filmmakers about how they got started, thinking that if he learned their stories, he might well find his own road to success. The end result is Breaking In, a sizzling look at the movie industry that delivers candid advice from twenty of today’s most provocative directors--from the blockbuster kings to the arthouse visionaries. Filled with insights they don’t teach you in film school, Breaking In offers readers access to some of Hollywood’s greatest minds, revealing what sparked their passion for film and what they did to get their first break. From the creation of the script to the first day’s shoot to the roller-coaster of marketing and promotion, the directors share unique insights into the myriad ways of getting films off the ground, and offer a wealth of practical tips for aspiring filmmakers. Their interviews also present an insider’s glimpse of their sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes joyous, but always exhilarating rides to the top.

Breaking In

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10 CD’s

Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts 

12 DVD’s, 34 episodes 

Yankeeography

Pennsylvania

Presents descriptions of hundreds of urban legends and their variations, themes, and scholarly approaches to the genre, including such tales as disappearing hitchhikers and hypodermic needles left in the coin slots of pay telephones.

Encyclopedia of Urban Legends

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Kayla Rae Whitaker

South Carolina

"Best friends and artistic partners in the male-dominated field of animation, Mel Vaught and Sharon Kisses are a dynamic duo, the friction of their differences driving them. After a decade of striving, the two are finally celebrating the release of their first full-length feature, which transforms Mel's difficult childhood into a provocative and visually daring work of art. The toast of the indie film scene, they stand at the cusp of making it big. But with their success come doubt and destruction, cracks in their relationship threatening the delicate balance of the work they do together."--Page 4 of cover.

The Animators

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Jonathan Bernstein

Johnathan Bernstein

This is a really fun read, if you’re into this sub-genre of movies. 

A bit yellowed (it’s 27 years old). Some creased corners. 

Connecticut

The Golden Age of Teenage Movies

Pretty in Pink

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Glenn Frankel

Dust jacket  in excellent shape. No tears. Hardcover. Like new 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The Making of an American Legend

New York Times BestsellerNamed one of the best books of the year by:ParadeThe GuardianKirkusLibrary Journal The true story behind the classic Western The Searchers by Pulitzer Prize-wining writer Glenn Frankel that the New York Times calls "A vivid, revelatory account of John Ford's 1956 masterpiece."In 1836 in East Texas, nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanches. She was raised by the tribe and eventually became the wife of a warrior. Twenty-four years after her capture, she was reclaimed by the U.S. cavalry and Texas Rangers and restored to her white family, to die in misery and obscurity. Cynthia Ann's story has been told and re-told over generations to become a foundational American tale. The myth gave rise to operas and one-act plays, and in the 1950s to a novel by Alan LeMay, which would be adapted into one of Hollywood's most legendary films, The Searchers, "The Biggest, Roughest, Toughest... and Most Beautiful Picture Ever Made!" directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne. Glenn Frankel, beginning in Hollywood and then returning to the origins of the story, creates a rich and nuanced anatomy of a timeless film and a quintessentially American myth. The dominant story that has emerged departs dramatically from documented history: it is of the inevitable triumph of white civilization, underpinned by anxiety about the sullying of white women by "savages." What makes John Ford's film so powerful, and so important, Frankel argues, is that it both upholds that myth and undermines it, baring the ambiguities surrounding race, sexuality, and violence in the settling of the West and the making of America.

The Searchers

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This book was used for a film studies class, but hasn't been used since. No marks inside, good quality. Comes from a cat friendly, smoke free home!

Iowa

A Critical Study

The Cinema of Generation X

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Ken Dancyger

Jeff Rush

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Minnesota

Art, music, drama/theater

Rewriting the Hollywood Formula

Alternative Scriptwriting 4E is an insightful and inspiring book on screenwriting concerned with challenging you to take creative risks with genre, tone, character, and structure. Concerned with exploring alternative approaches beyond the traditional three-act structure, Alternative Scriptwriting first defines conventional approach, suggests alternatives, then provides case studies. These contemporary examples and case studies demonstrate what works, what doesn't, and why. Because the film industry as well as the public demand greater and greater creativity, one must go beyond the traditional three-act restorative and predictable plot to test your limits and break new creative ground. Rather than teaching writing in a tired formulaic manner, this book elevates the subject and provides inspiration to reach new creative heights. Alternative Scriptwriting 4E covers: * The melodrama and the thriller * Adaptations from contemporary literature * Writing non-fictional narratives for the feature documentary * An in-depth exploration of point-of-view and perspective as expressive of the film writer's voice * Voice-oriented genres--docudrama, the fable and experimental narrative * Non-linear storytelling-the narrative strategies that are necessary to make an open-architecture story work * Considerations for writing for DV that speak to the flexibility and improvisation this medium allows

Alternative Scriptwriting

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Michael Schulman

Virginia

A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively history of the Academy Awards, focusing on the brutal battles, the starry rivalries, and the colorful behind-the-scenes drama. America does not have royalty. It has the Academy Awards. For nine decades, perfectly coiffed starlets, debonair leading men, and producers with gold in their eyes have chased the elusive Oscar. What began as an industry banquet in 1929 has now exploded into a hallowed ceremony, complete with red carpets, envelopes, and little gold men. But don't be fooled by the pomp: the Oscars, more than anything, are a battlefield, where the history of Hollywood--and of America itself--unfolds in dramas large and small. The road to the Oscars may be golden, but it's paved in blood, sweat, and broken hearts. In Oscar Wars, Michael Schulman chronicles the remarkable, sprawling history of the Academy Awards and the personal dramas--some iconic, others never-before-revealed--that have played out on the stage and off camera. Unlike other books on the subject, each chapter takes a deep dive into a particular year, conflict, or even category that tells a larger story of cultural change, from Louis B. Mayer to Moonlight. Schulman examines how the red carpet runs through contested turf, and the victors aren't always as clear as the names drawn from envelopes. Caught in the crossfire are people: their thwarted ambitions, their artistic epiphanies, their messy collaborations, their dreams fulfilled or dashed. Featuring a star-studded cast of some of the most powerful Hollywood players of today and yesterday, as well as outsiders who stormed the palace gates, this captivating history is a collection of revelatory tales, each representing a turning point for the Academy, for the movies, or for the culture at large.

Oscar Wars

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Five Years at the Movies

The Complete Matinee Junkie collects the entire run of Jordan Jeffries' ongoing comic series, plus a full year of new material. Part autobiography, part cultural review, Matinee Junkie contains entries for every movie the author saw in theaters each year, with the complete collection spanning almost 250 movies over five years, from 2013-2017. In-depth rants about bland cinematography and stories of nightmarish theater experiences combine with five years' worth of autobiography, reflecting the way our own lives intersect with the stories we love to lose ourselves in.7.5" x 10", 288 pages. $20Full-color cover with b+w interior. Perfect-bound

The Complete Matinee Junkie

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Tom Ogden

Tinseltown Terrors, Filmdom Phantoms, and Movieland Mayhem

Readers will meet a colorful cast of spirits and specters, visit haunted hotels and houses, and experience the eerie and supernatural in this series of books featuring spooky stories with connections to cities, small towns, parks, and buildings across the United States. Many o...

Haunted Hollywood

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Gillian Flynn

Arkansas

After witnessing the murder of her mother and sisters, seven-year-old Libby Day testifies against her brother Ben, but twenty-five years later she tries to profit from her tragic history and admit that her story might not have been accurate.

Dark Places

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James Greene

The Ghostbusters Saga

"Rarely has a movie this expensive provided so many quotable lines." So spake Roger Ebert in his review of Ghostbusters, the 1984 blockbuster that combined our paranormal fears and fascination with some of the sharpest comic minds of the day. Ghostbusters instantly resonated with audiences thanks to eye-popping special effects and crackling wit; to date, it remains the highest grossing horror comedy of all time. The film spawned an Emmy-nominated Saturday morning cartoon, a tent pole 1989 sequel, a contentious 2016 reboot, legions of merchandise, and one of the most dedicated fan bases in history. Ghostbusters also elevated its players to superstardom, something a few cast members found more daunting than the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Now, for the first time, the entire history of the slime-soaked franchise is told in A Convenient Parallel Dimension: The Ghostbusters Saga 1975-2020. The cohesion of talent during the mid-'70s comedy revolution, the seat-of-their-pants creation of the first Ghostbusters, the explosive success that seemed to mandate a franchise, the five year struggle to make Ghostbusters II, the 31 year struggle to make Ghostbusters III -- it's all here, with incredible attention to detail. Thoroughly researched and engaging, A Convenient Parallel Dimension smashes long-held myths and half truths about the dynamics behind this cultural juggernaut and presents the real story, down to the last drop of ectoplasm.

A Convenient Parallel Dimension

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Florida

from Screen Textbooks

Directing Motion Pictures

Geoff King

Colorado

An Introduction

Addresses the stylistic, industrial, and socio-historical contexts of the New Hollywood cinema, identifying its distinctive characteristics and its points of similarity with the Hollywood of the past. Topics include the industrial context to the blockbuster format of contemporary Hollywood; the frameworks of authorship, genre, and stardom through which New Hollywood films have been produced and consumed; and the growing importance of small screen media to the overall economy of Hollywood. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

New Hollywood Cinema

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#filmmaking #editing #movies #screenwriting #soundmixing

Oregon

Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film

During the filming of his celebrated novel The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje became increasingly fascinated as he watched the veteran editor Walter Murch at work. The Conversations, which grew out of discussions between the two men, is about the craft of filmmaking and deals with every aspect of film, from the first stage of script writing to the final stage of the sound mix. Walter Murch emerged during the 1960s at the centre of a renaissance of American filmmakers which included the directors Francis Coppola, George Lucas and Fred Zinneman. He worked on a whole raft of great films including the three Godfather films, Julia, American Graffiti, Apocalypse Now, The Unbearable Lightness Of Being and many others. Articulate, intellectual, humorous and passionate about his craft and its devices, Murch brings his vast experience and penetrating insights to bear as he explains how films are made, how they work, how they go wrong and how they can be saved. His experience on Apocalypse Now - both originally and more recently when the film was completely re-cut - and his work with Anthony Minghella on The English Patient provide illuminating highlights.

The Conversations

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Joel Coen

Ethan Coen

Roderick Jaynes

Tennessee

A volume containing the screenplays for Barton Fink - winner of the Best Director, Best Actor and the Palme d'Or for Best Film at Cannes 1991 - and Miller's Crossing. The former is a psychological thriller set in the Hollywood of the 1940s, while the latter reinvents the 1930s gangster film.

Barton Fink and Miller's Crossing

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This is a stapled issue has slight wear and tear August 11, 1987

Fast, same-day shipping

People magazine, Elvis Presley

Book of the Month pick Feb 2017
Brand new condition - never read

New Jersey

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Dan Fleming

Making the Transformational Moment in Film

Tom Hanks

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

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The MGM Story

Various

Hollywood Yearbook 1957

Nicholas Jarecki; Roger Ebert

Breaking In

Various

Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

A&E

Yankeeography

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Encyclopedia of Urban Legends

Kayla Rae Whitaker

The Animators

Jonathan Bernstein; Johnathan Bernstein

Pretty in Pink

Glenn Frankel

The Searchers

Peter Hanson

The Cinema of Generation X

Ken Dancyger; Jeff Rush

Alternative Scriptwriting

Michael Schulman

Oscar Wars

Jordan Jeffries (Artist); Alessa Kreger (Illustrator); Michele Rosenthal (Illustrator)

The Complete Matinee Junkie

Tom Ogden

Haunted Hollywood

Gillian Flynn

Dark Places

James Greene

A Convenient Parallel Dimension

Terence St John Marner

Directing Motion Pictures

Geoff King

New Hollywood Cinema

Michael Ondaatje; Walter Murch

The Conversations

Joel Coen; Ethan Coen; Roderick Jaynes

Barton Fink and Miller's Crossing

People magazine

People magazine, Elvis Presley

Kayla Rae Whitaker

The Animators