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Hitchcock Revised Edition
by Francois Truffaut  Synopsis This is a revised edition of the author's Hitchcock (BRD 1968), his dialogue with the author. Indexes. This revised edition was published in France in 1983....
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Orson Welles, Volume 2: Hello Americans
by Simon Callow Publisher Comments The highly anticipated second volume of Simon Callow's magisterial biography of Orson Welles. Simon Callow's celebrated first volume of Orson Welles's life concluded with the brash young director unveiling what would prove to be his — and...
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Alfred Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense: A Pop-Up Book
by Kees Moerbeek Publisher Comments Known worldwide as the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) had an incredible directing career that spanned five decades and more than fifty films. He earned numerous awards, inspired countless publications and festivals, and spawned a new...
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Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light
by Patrick Mcgilligan Publisher Comments In a career that spanned six decades and more than sixty films, Alfred Hitchcock became the most widely recognized director who ever lived. His films -- including The 39 Steps, Notorious, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho, and The Birds -- set new standards...
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Sculpting in Time (87 Edition)
by Andrey Tarkovsky Publisher Comments Andrey Tarkovsky, the genius of modern Russian cinema--hailed by Ingmar Bergman as the most important director of our time--died an exile in Paris in December 1986. In Sculpting in Time, he has left his artistic testament, a remarkable revelation of both...
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Rebel without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
by Robert Rodriguez 
Powells.com Staff Pick Robert Rodriguez threw down seven thousand dollars on his debut film El Mariachi, but you only need to spend a fraction of that to get all the insights that he learned. Anybody who's seen his later films (Spy Kids, Once Upon a Time in Mexico) will...
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The Declaration of Independent Filmmaking: An Insider's Guide to Making Movies Outside of Hollywood
by Mark Polish
Publisher Comments Less than a decade since they began working in the movies, Mark and Michael Polish have established themselves as critically acclaimed, award-winning independent filmmakers. Their innovative approach to art direction, use of digital photography, and...
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Something Like an Autobiography
by Akira Kurosawa Review "For the lover of Kurosawa's movies...this is nothing short of must reading...a fitting companion piece to his many dynamic and absorbing screen entertainments." Washington Post Book...
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Hitchcock and Philosophy: Dial M for Metaphysics (Popular Culture and Philosophy)
by David Baggett Publisher Comments The shower scene in Psycho; Cary Grant running for his life through a cornfield; “innocent” birds lined up on a fence waiting, watching — these seminal cinematic moments are as real to moviegoers as their own lives. But what makes them...
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Lynch on Lynch
by David Lynch Synopsis David Lynch is one of the most original and distinctive film-makers of contemporary cinema - best known for "Twin Peaks", "Blue Velvet" and "Wild at Heart". This book presents the career of cinema's greatest surrealist, told in his own words....
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John Ford and the American West
by Peter Cowie Publisher Comments Legendary filmmaker John Ford made some 50 Westerns in a career that spanned more than half a century. From the silent classic Straight Shooting in 1917 to 1964's Cheyenne Autumn-and including such cinematic gems as Stagecoach, My Darling Clementine...
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Hitchcock Reader-86-P
by Marshall Deutelbaum Synopsis A Hitchcock Reader grew out of the editors' desire for a comprehensive and critical text in courses devoted to the director's films. This updated edition should also satisfy general readers and scholars by providing a range of thought-provoking essays...
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Magic Lantern (07 Edition)
by Ingmar Bergman Publisher Comments “When a film is not a document, it is a dream. . . . At the editing table, when I run the strip of film through, frame by frame, I still feel that dizzy sense of magic of my childhood.” Bergman, who has conveyed this heady sense of wonder and...
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Coen Brothers
by Ronald Bergan Synopsis People either love the Coen brothers' films, or hate them. Those that love them believe that they have made some of the most innovative, entertaining and idiosyncratic films of the last 25 years. This is both a biography of the brothers and a discussion...
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Federico Fellini: His Life and Work
by Federico Kezich Publisher Comments A lively and authoritative journey into the world of a cinema master With the revolutionary 8 1/2, Federico Fellini put his deepest desires and anxieties before the lens in 1963, permanently impacting the art of cinema in the process. Now, more...
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This is Orson Welles
by Orson Welles Publisher Comments Innovative film and theater director, radio producer, actor, writer, painter, narrator, and magician, Orson Welles (1915–1985) was the last true Renaissance man of the twentieth century. From such great radio works as "War of the Worlds" to his...
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Jean Cocteau and the Testament of Orpheus: The Photographs
by Lucien Clergue Publisher Comments French director, poet, novelist, dramatist, and illustrator Jean Cocteau is known for being one of the most versatile and diversely talented artists of the twentieth century. Testament of Orpheus is a photographic journal and tribute to Cocteau's final...
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Don't You Forget about Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes
by Jaime Clarke Publisher Comments No one captured the teen portion of the eighties as poignantly as writer-director John Hughes. Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Some Kind of Wonderful are timeless tales of love, angst...
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My Boring-Ass Life: The Uncomfortably Candid Diary of Kevin Smith
by Kevin Smith Publisher Comments Anything but boring, the creator of Jay and Silent Bob shares his x-rated thoughts in his online diary, telling all in his usual candid, heartfelt and irreverent way! Lewd, crude and hilariously rude, Kevin Smith pulls no punches in this hard-hitting,...
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Tim Burton: A Child's Garden of Nightmares
by Paul A Woods Publisher Comments Subtitled A Child's Garden of Nightmares, this is the fourth title in the 'ultrascreen' film series of authoritative, readable movie watching companions....
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