FILM
DIRECTING
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| 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] |
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“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
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Eye
On the World: Conversations with International Filmmakers
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| Judy
Stone, 826 pages, 8x10, illus., 1-879505-36-3, $35.00 paper |
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“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
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| Personal
Visions: Conversations With Contemporary Film Directors |
| Mario
Falsetto, 529 pages, 6x9, 1-879505-51-7, $19.95 paper |
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“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 |
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| 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] |
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“Clagett
traces Friedkin’s filmic evolution, his visual
search for the essential nature of things, and his inborn
fatalism.”
— American Cinematographer
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| David
Lean and His Films |
| Alain
Silver and James Ursini, 265 pages, 6x9, illus., 1-879505-00-2,
$14.95 paper |
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“There
is at last a good book on David Lean. David Lean and His
Films.”
— Sheridan Morley, London Times |
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| 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 |
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“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 |
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| The
Innocence of The Eye: A Filmmaker's Guide |
| Ed
Spiegel, 179 pages, 7x9, illustrated, 1-879505-63-0, $19.95
paper |
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“Great teaching
occurs when the great teacher passes what he knows on to
the student who is ready to listen and learn. In Innocence
of the Eye, Ed Spiegel offers up his gift of understanding
the principles of movie art given him by Slavko Vorkapich,
enriched by Ed’s own filmmaking experience. All who
are ready will have much to learn.”
— Irvin Kershner, Director, The Empire Strikes Back, Never Say Never
Again, Eyes of Laura Mars |
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| Actors
Turned Directors: On Eliciting the Best Performance from
an Actor and Other Secrets of Successful Directing |
| Jon
Stevens, 300 pages, 6x9, illus., 1-879505-34-7, $19.95
paper |
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“In
Actors Turned Directors, the reader will not only learn
of the challenges faced in moving behind the movie camera,
but also will learn much about the whole process of making
motion pictures. A most interesting read.”
— Robert Wise
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| Grammar
of The Film Language |
| Daniel
Arijon, 640 pages, 51/2x81/2, illus., 1-879505-07-X, $24.95
paper |
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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. |
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| Filmmaking:
Narrative and Structural Technique |
| Bob
Foss, 224 pages, 6x9, illus., 1-879505-14-2, $15.95 paper |
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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. |
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