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Film Directors on Directing

Author : John A. Gallagher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313390282
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Film Directors on Directing written by John A. Gallagher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1989-05-04 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Independent director and screenwriter John Andrew Gallagher, interviews 21 filmmakers on the craft of motion picture directing. Francois Truffaut, the late great French director, as well as Michael Cimino, Ulu Grosbard, Dennis Hopper, Alan Parker, Susan Seidelman, Joan Micklin Silver and many others reveal behind-the-scenes anecdotes about well known films and stars. The big gamblers who spend millions per film as well as the colorful low-budget kings provide an intriguing look at the mechanics of filmmaking. Choosing and preparing the screenplay, working with actors and crew, dealing with the distributor, and advice to young filmmakers--all are covered in this book's illuminating interviews. Serious students of cinema, filmmakers, movie buffs, and people fascinated by film will find Film Directors on in this book's illuminating interviews.

A-Z Great Film Directors

Author : Andy Tuohy
Publisher : Cassell Illustrated
ISBN 13 : 9781788404013
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book A-Z Great Film Directors written by Andy Tuohy and published by Cassell Illustrated. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun introduction to 52 of the greatest film directors, from Almodovar to Ozu, Fellini to Tarantino, and many more. A striking, design-led reference book. A-Z Great Film Directors features Andy Tuohy's portraits of 52 directors significant for their contribution to cinema including kings of world cinema Wong Kar-Wai and Akira Kurosawa, arthouse pioneers Fritz Lang and David Lynch as well as the often under-appreciated female directors Kathryn Bigelow and Jane Campion. With text by film journalist Matt Glasby, each director's entry will also have a summary of the essential things you need to know about them, why they're important, a list of their must-see films, and a surprising fact or two about them, as well as images of their key films throughout. So whether you're already a film aficionado, or looking for a helpful cheat to pass convincingly as an arthouse fan, you'll love this guide to international directors, past and present.

A Light in the Dark

Author : David Thomson
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0593318153
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book A Light in the Dark written by David Thomson and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the celebrated film critic and author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film--an essential work on the preeminent, indispensable movie directors and the ways in which their work has forged, and continues to forge, the landscape of modern film. Directors operate behind the scenes, managing actors, establishing a cohesive creative vision, at times literally guiding our eyes with the eye of the camera. But we are often so dazzled by the visions on-screen that it is easy to forget the individual who is off-screen orchestrating the entire production--to say nothing of their having marshaled a script, a studio, and other people's money. David Thomson, in his usual brilliantly insightful way, shines a light on the visionary directors who have shaped modern cinema and, through their work, studies the very nature of film direction. With his customary candor about his own delights and disappointments, Thomson analyzes both landmark works and forgotten films from classic directors such as Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Jean Renoir, and Jean-Luc Godard, as well as contemporary powerhouses such as Jane Campion, Spike Lee, and Quentin Tarantino. He shrewdly interrogates their professional legacies and influence in the industry, while simultaneously assessing the critical impact of an artist's personal life on his or her work. He explores the male directors' dominance of the past, and describes how diversity can change the landscape. Judicious, vivid, and witty, A Light in the Dark is yet another required Thomson text for every movie lover's shelf.

Directing the Film

Author : Eric Sherman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Directing the Film written by Eric Sherman and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film-making wisdom and a fascinating mine of film lore make this a priceless resource for students, aspiring film professionals, and film fans.

Film Directors and Emotion

Author : Darragh Greene
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476668892
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Film Directors and Emotion written by Darragh Greene and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cinema is an affective medium. Films move us to feel wonder, joy, and love as well as fear, anger, and hatred. Today, we are living through a new age of sensibility when emotion is given priority over reason. Yet, there is a counter-cultural current in contemporary American cinema that offers a more nuanced treatment of emotion. Both aesthetically and eidetically, this new cinema of affect allows viewers to make up their own minds about what they feel and think. This book focuses on key films by important auteur-directors--David Fincher, Bryan Singer, Christopher Nolan, Kathryn Bigelow, Richard Linklater, Barry Jenkins, Greta Gerwig, and Pete Docter--who are to the forefront of this new cinema. It explores how they anatomize affect and how it functions in the creation or degradation of character and society.

Richard Linklater

Author : David T. Johnson
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252094042
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Richard Linklater written by David T. Johnson and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Linklater's filmmaking choices seem to defy basic patterns of authorship. From his debut with the inventive independent narrative Slacker, the Austin-based director's divergent films have included the sci-fi noir A Scanner Darkly, the socially conscious Fast Food Nation, the kid-friendly The School of Rock, the teen ensemble Dazed and Confused, and the twin romances Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. Yet throughout his varied career spanning two decades, Linklater has maintained a sense of integrity while working within a broad range of budgets, genres, and subject matters. Identifying a critical commonality among so much variation, David T. Johnson analyzes Linklater's preoccupation with the concept of time in many of his films, focusing on its many forms and aspects: the subjective experience of time and the often explicit, self-aware ways that characters discuss that experience; time and memory, and the ways that characters negotiate memory in the present; the moments of adolescence and early adulthood as crucial moments in time; the relationship between time and narrative in film; and how cinema, itself, may be becoming antiquated. While Linklater's focus on temporality often involves a celebration of the present that is not divorced from the past and future, Johnson argues that this attendance to the present also includes an ongoing critique of modern American culture. Crucially filling a gap in critical studies of this American director, the volume concludes with an interview with Linklater discussing his career.

Who the Devil Made It

Author : Peter Bogdanovich
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307817458
Total Pages : 1127 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Who the Devil Made It written by Peter Bogdanovich and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 1127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A must have for any film nut.”—Details Peter Bogdanovich, award-winning director, screenwriter, actor and critic, interviews 16 legendary directors over a 15-year period. Their richly illuminating conversations combine to make this a riveting chronicle of Hollywood and picture making. Join him in conversations with: Robert Aldrich • George Cukor • Allan Dwan • Howard Hanks • Alfred Hitchcock • Chuck Jones • Fritz Lang • Joseph H. Lewis • Sidney Lumet • Leo McCarey • Otto Preminger • Don Siegel • Josef von Sternberg • Frank Tashlin • Edgar G. Ulmer • Raoul Walsh NOTE: This edition does not include photographs. Praise for Who the Devil Made It “Illuminating . . . These were (and sometimes are: a few yet breathe) men rooted in history as much as in Hollywood. Their collected memories make the past look fearfully rich beside a present that is poverty-stricken in everything except money.”—The New Yorker “Bogdanovich is one of America’s finest writers on the cinema. . . . Thank goodness [his] Who the Devil Made It has come along to remind us that films and writing about film were, at one time, focused on the work and not strictly on the bottom line.”—The Boston Globe “A treasure trove on the craft of directing.”—Newsday “Monumental . . . The directors’ reminiscences about technique, working methods, sources of ideas, and relationships with actors and studios are thoroughly entertaining.”—Publishers Weekly “A fine achievement that helps illuminate the art and craft of some remarkable directors . . . There are plenty of revealing anecdotes.”—Kirkus Reviews

Japanese Film Directors

Author : Audie Bock
Publisher : Kodansha
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Film Directors written by Audie Bock and published by Kodansha. This book was released on 1985 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking ten filmmakers, such as Oshima and Kurosawa, and following their caree chronologically has resulted in a history of Japanese film as well as a stud of each master.

Interviews with Film Directors

Author : Andrew Sarris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interviews with Film Directors written by Andrew Sarris and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The American Film Directors

Author : Maureen Lambray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Film Directors written by Maureen Lambray and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Taiwan Film Directors

Author : Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231128988
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Taiwan Film Directors written by Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year 2003 marked the fiftieth anniversary of James Watson's and Francis Crick's discovery of the structure of DNA, which began a revolution in the biological sciences and radically altered the way humans view life and themselves. In this poetic account Erwin Fleissner, an eminent cancer researcher and teacher, offers a personal and professional reflection on the most significant developments in molecular genetics and cell biology over the past fifty years. Vital Harmonies is a sweeping look at these crucial scientific advances and an insider's perspective on what scientists have actually learned from them. Contrasting the humanistic side of scientific research with more deterministic or "mechanical" explanations of life processes, Fleissner discusses everything from natural selection to the tradition of rational inquiry stemming from the Enlightenment. He goes on to describe the structures of macromolecules and their "organizing" principles as well as cancer genes, stem cells, and the Human Genome Project. He also explores neuronal cells and the emergence of consciousness and how biological evolution is the foundation of our personal reality as well as our global responsibility. Fleissner asserts that scientific investigations cannot negate our essential "humanness" nor should the public fear them. Taking an optimistic perspective, he argues that a deeper knowledge of ourselves as biological entities will provide us, ultimately, with greater health, serenity, and self-knowledge. Vital Harmonies gives readers, whatever their background, an engaging analysis of some of the most important questions facing humanity today.

My First Movie

Author : Various
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0142002208
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book My First Movie written by Various and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2002-10-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these vivid and revealing interviews, a diverse collection of filmmakers talk in extraordinary detail and with amazing candor about making their first films. Each chapter focuses on a director's celebrated debut and tells the inside story of the film's creation. Along the way, every aspect of the movie industry is explored-from writing the script and raising the money to casting the actors and assembling the crew, from shooting and editing to selling the movie and screening it. These interviews are not only memoirs of particular movies; each one is also an emotional journey in which the director relives the pain and elation, the comedy and tragedy, of making a first feature film.

Art by Film Directors

Author : Karl French
Publisher : Miller/Mitchell Beazley
ISBN 13 : 1840007702
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Art by Film Directors written by Karl French and published by Miller/Mitchell Beazley. This book was released on 2004 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the greatest film directors began their careers as graphic designers, painters, or illustrators, but aside from the few established artist-directors such as Derek Jarman and Jean Cocteau, little is known of their creative work outside the medium of film. For the first time, film writer Karl French presents the exciting, diverse artwork of over 20 international directors, offering a fascinating new perspective on their work. Recent exhibitions on the subject prove that the time is ripe for a book that explores this exciting crossover of film and art. Includes gems like Alfred Hitchcock's atmospheric storyboards for The 39 Steps, Charlie Chaplin's sketches, and John Huston's luminous paintings. An iconic film still accompanies the artwork of each director.

The Film Director's Team

Author : Alain Silver
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Film Director's Team written by Alain Silver and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Assistant Director and the Production Manager are essential elements to the smooth operation and successful completion of any film. This is the first in-depth and thorough study of these jobs. A must read for all contemplating working in this field, as well as for all students of film directing and film production. Includes practical discussions of cost reporting, script breakdown, production boards, scheduling, production reports, and much more.

Dario Argento

Author : L. Andrew Cooper
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252094387
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Dario Argento written by L. Andrew Cooper and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commanding a cult following among horror fans, Italian film director Dario Argento is best known for his work in two closely related genres, the crime thriller and supernatural horror, as well as his influence on modern horror and slasher movies. In his four decades of filmmaking, Argento has displayed a commitment to innovation, from his directorial debut with 1970's suspense thriller The Bird with the Crystal Plumage to 2009's Giallo. His films, like the lurid yellow-covered murder-mystery novels they are inspired by, follow the suspense tradition of hard-boiled American detective fiction while incorporating baroque scenes of violence and excess. While considerations of Argento's films often describe them as irrational nightmares, L. Andrew Cooper uses controversies and theories about the films' reflections on sadism, gender, sexuality, psychoanalysis, aestheticism, and genre to declare the anti-rational logic of Argento's oeuvre. Approaching the films as rhetorical statements made through extremes of sound and vision, Cooper places Argento in a tradition of aestheticized horror that includes De Sade, De Quincey, Poe, and Hitchcock. Analyzing individual images and sequences as well as larger narrative structures, he reveals how the director's stylistic excesses, often condemned for glorifying misogyny and other forms of violence, offer productive resistance to the cinema's visual, narrative, and political norms.

The Movie Directors Story

Author : Joel Waldo Finler
Publisher : Crescent
ISBN 13 : 9780517480793
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book The Movie Directors Story written by Joel Waldo Finler and published by Crescent. This book was released on 1985 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of 140 careers, ranging from studio work-horse to genius, illustrated with photographs of the directors themselves as well as scenes from their most characteristic movies.

Where Did I Go Right?

Author : Bernie Brillstein
Publisher : Phoenix Books
ISBN 13 : 1614670781
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book Where Did I Go Right? written by Bernie Brillstein and published by Phoenix Books. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in the William Morris mail room in 1955, Bernie Brillstein wanted only three things: “to walk into a restaurant and have people know who I am…to be the guy who gets the phone calls and doesn’t have to make them…to represent the one performer people must have.” Throughout his long career at the top of the entertainment industry––as TV and movie producer, agent and brilliant personal manager––Brillstein has accomplished it all. Where Did I Go Right? is Brillstein’s street-smart, funny, and thoroughly human story of a life in show business. With his trademark wit and candor, he speaks out for the first time about his feud with Mike Ovitz, and how it felt to pass the leadership of his company to his partner, Brad Grey, and “no longer be the king.” He describes his close relationship with John Belushi and what it was like being alone with Belushi’s body as it lay “stretched out across two cramped seats in a tiny jet, wrapped up in a body bag” on the way to his funeral. He shares stories about Jim Hensen and Gilda Radner, about Lorne Michaels and the early days of Saturday Night Live. He takes us behind the scenes at such hits as The Blues Brothers, Ghostbusters, and The Muppet Show. Brillstein also reveals his secrets about how to survive and prosper in Hollywood, the real meaning of “the art of the deal,” the difference between “hot” and “good,” and why instinct is so crucial to the future of the entertainment industry. “Becoming successful is the most fun of all. I’m not talking about being successful or staying successful. I mean the getting there, the instant you arrive, and for the first time you think, ‘Where did I go right?’” After eight years, Phoenix Books is re-releasing this bestseller, with an updated epilogue from Bernie Brillstein entitled, “Still going right.”