John Carpenter: The Prince of Darkness
Gilles Boulenger, 310 pages, 6x9, illus. [incl. 24 pages of color], index, 1-879505-67-3, $19.95 paper / [can $31.95]

“John knows what he wants and he knows when he has it. And he knows when to go on. Many times a director has to depend on other people to tell him when he’s covered. John knows this, and he knows how to make changes when necessary.”
— Debra Hill, Producer, The Fog, Escape from L.A., Escape from New York, The Dead Zone

William Friedkin: Films of Aberration, Obsession and Reality Expanded and Updated 2nd Edition
Thomas D. Clagett, 457 pages, 7x9, illus., index, 1-879505-61-4, $19.95 paper / [can $31.95]

“Clagett traces Friedkin’s filmic evolution, his visual search for the essential nature of things, and his inborn fatalism.”
— American Cinematographer

Robert Wise On His Films: From Editing Room to Director’s Chair
Sergio Leemann, 224 pages, 8x11, illus. [270 b&w photos], 1-879505-24-X, $24.95 paper

“Robert Wise is a brilliant director. The Set-Up is one of my favorite films of all time. Robert Wise is also one of the finest people I have ever known. We are indeed lucky to, at last, have a book that celebrates his great career.”
— John Frankenheimer

Filmmaking is a unique, illustrated guide to and appraisal of the basic narrative and structural techniques employed, either consciously or intuitively, by all successful filmmakers.

“Judy Stone knows about movies, she knows about politics, she knows about life. Here, in this informative and entertaining book, she brings it all together.
— Jules Feiffer
“ In an age obsesses with trivia and celebrity, Judy Stone’s interviews are the perfect antidote.”
— Adrienne Mancia, Curator, Department of Film and Video, The Museum of Modern Art

“Personal Visions is a great book! Mario Falsetto has done a brilliant job eliciting thought-provoking conversation from a marvelous and varied group of visionaries whose insights about film are vital, fascinating, honest, and a joy to read. This book should be required reading for anyone brave (or crazy) enough to want to be a filmmaker. Absolutely essential for anyone who loves the movies.”
— Eric Stoltz, actor/producer

“There is at last a good book on David Lean. David Lean and His Films.”
— Sheridan Morley, London Times

Grammar of the Film Language is a unique guide to the visual narrative techniques that form the “language” of filmmaking. This language is basic to the very positioning and moving of players and cameras, as well as the sequencing and pacing of images. It does not date as new technologies alter the means of capturing images on film and tape.