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The Film Encyclopedia, Forth Edition : The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume
This is the basic reference guide to the international cinema. Put it next to your TV & VCR & you'll be able to answer the questions that inevitably arise when you watch a movie: "What other films has she been in?"; "Haven't I heard that director's name before?"; & "What in tarnation is a gaffer?" The Film Encyclopedia contains biographies & filmographies of actors, directors, producers, & cinematographers, as well as screenwriters, editors, musical directors, production designers, & critics....
Written by
Ephraim Katz
,
Fred Klein
Published by HarperResource
(20 March, 2001)
ISBN 0062737554
Price $30.0
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American Cinematographer Manual
It is up to date with (most) current equipment & practices (obviously). Although there are more pages to this edition than in previous editions, the extra content seems to contain more verbiage at the expense of tables & graphs.It is disappointing to note the absence of lighting equipment details (photometric data & equipment range) in particular. The focus (pun intended) seems to be more towards cameras, lenses, filters & film.My Forth edition manual has a better balance in terms of verbiage...
Written by
Rob Hummel
Published by American Society of Cinematography
(January, 2002)
ISBN 0935578153
Price $89.95
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Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Vehicles & Vessels
The New Essential Guide to Vehicles & Vessels has been eagerly awaited by countless fans, & at $60 Aust dollars, a hefty swallow without Amazon's cheaper alternative. With scores of potential new entries from the prequel movies & dozens of books since the first guide, colour & better spec info add value over the previous EGVV, with a wealth of new & unexpected ships to find out.The first guide featured an outline schematic & pencilled illustration of each ship or vehicle. The NEGVV has each e...
Written by
W. Haden Blackman
Published by Del Rey
(30 September, 2003)
ISBN 0345449029
Price $24.95
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Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting
I frankly purchased this book based on the 5 star rating offered by a 'Top Reviewer' & feel quite disappointed. Although, I would give it a two star rating because there are some useful points to ponder & use in this book. The main reason I got disappointed: the author insists very many times that movie-goers will like/dislike any movie during the first 10 minutes (not necessarily so in my & others experience) & that, to entice their interest, the first 28-30 pages of the screenplay should be...
Written by
Syd Field
Published by DTP
(01 July, 1984)
ISBN 0440576474
Price $15.95
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Sleazoid Express: A Mind-Twisting Tour Through the Grindhouse Cinema of Times Square
As a description of the experience of going to the movies in Times Square before Disney made it safe for everyone this book can't be beat. This is the way it was, unsafe & fun in a sick twisted sort of way. Having been there, its dead on target. A trip into the theatres was an eye opening experience & one which could get you robbed or worse. However as an accurate description of the actual films shown the book is flawed, so much that it makes me wonder if the authors have ever watched the fil...
Written by
Bill Landis
,
Michelle Clifford
Published by Fireside
(19 November, 2002)
ISBN 0743215834
Price $16.0
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Watching Movies: The Biggest Names in Cinema Talk about the Films that Matter Most
This is an excellent work for people interested in the majormovie productions. The book is written from the perspectiveof a consortia of movie directors associated with various films.i.e. The Graduate, Cool Hand Luke, Blazing Saddles & a host ofother important filmsThe Graduate is described as a groundbreaking film. The characterof Dustin Hoffman is portrayed as the classic "clean cut kid ofthe 60s". The work is helpful in providing needed perspectivefrom the professional directors who author...
Written by
Rick Lyman
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Frank Partnoy
Published by Times Books
(03 March, 2003)
ISBN 0805070982
Price $14.0
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Nobody's Perfect: Writings from the New Yorker
Anthony Lane is an exceptionally fine writer; some of his sentences make you gasp, they're so evocative. The problem is he's a lousy film critic. His taste is dubious (from memory he liked "Saving Private Ryan") & it's hard to work out why he's a film critic. There's bound to be an art to which he's better suited - not just one he knows more about (his film knowledge is pretty thin), but one he has more passion for. You always got the feeling Pauline Kael was born to write about film; Lane is...
Written by
Anthony Lane
Published by Vintage Books
(09 September, 2003)
ISBN 0375714340
Price $16.95
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Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice & Sound Effects in Cinema
This is a fantastic book. David Sonnenschein is an oracle of sound. I really like the way that he covers both the commercial applications of designing sound & music for Film & Media & also the creative & even spiritual dimensions of working with sound & music. Speaking as someone who works within this sector, if one day I have anything like the understanding of sound, that Sonnenschein has, I will be a happy man !From the effects of mantras, ragas & the subconscious chantings of the american ...
Written by
David Sonnenschein
Published by Michael Wiese Productions
(November, 2001)
ISBN 0941188264
Price $19.95
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