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| Making Movies Work |
| Thinking
Like a Filmmaker |
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| Jon Boorstin,
228 pages, 7x9, illus., 1-879505-27-4, $19.95 paper |
“An
outstanding work, both scholarly and entertaining. I
recommend it to film students and film professionals
without equivocation. It is first-rate stuff.”
—David Brown, Producer, Jaws, The Sting, Cocoon, Driving Miss Daisy
“ I
always wondered how we did all of this. Jon’s
book explains it perfectly.”
—Gordon Willis, Cinematographer, The Godfather I, II, III, Annie Hall, All the President’s
Men
“A
rare book on film: both accessible and highly informed,
it brings
together what I have been thinking about movies
for twenty years. An
excellent way to begin one’s movie education.”
—Paul Schrader, Screenwriter, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Director, Cat People, Mishima
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Through thoughtful
examination of the filmmaker’s art, Jon Boorstin
enhances our sense of enjoyment and appreciation
of the results.”
—Robert Redford
“ Refreshing
straightforward and laced with sharp insights concerning
plot,
documentary, realism, editing, the relationship
between film and television, and lots more.”
—Los
Angeles Times Book Review
“Boorstin mesmerizes
us with behind-the-scenes filmmaking phenomena
that make movie buffs of us all…. The
fabulous illustrations, ranging from movie stills
to frame-by-frame artists’ renderings, contribute
mightily to this magnificent ‘voyeuristic’ journey.”
—San
Francisco Chronicle
“Concise and accessible…. The
volume’s strength is not film criticism but
rather its author’s ability to dissect effectively
film vernacular for layman and professional alike.”
—Variety |
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The first question that filmmakers ask themselves
isn’t, “Is this brilliant?” But, “Does
this work?”
Making Movies
Work,
a fascinating and accessible guide for both
filmmakers and serious film fans, is about
how filmmakers think about film.
To this end, the author identifies three ways
in which we, both filmmakers and audience, watch
movies. Then, through practical examples, he demonstrates how, at
any given moment, the way we watch dictates its
own rules of time and space and demands its own
set of film techniques to address them.
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Jon Boorstin is
a writer for both films and television and a filmmaker
who has made award-winning documentaries, including
the Oscar-nominated Exploratorium. He was the associate producer of All the President’s
Men and writer/producer of Dream Lover. |
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