Books of Motion picture producers and directors

  • Henry Hathaway
    Henry Hathaway
    By Henry Hathaway

    This collection of interviews traces the career of filmmaker Henry Hathaway from his beginnings as a child actor for the American Film Company in 1911 through his directorial triumphs How the West Was Won (1962) and True Grit (1969).

  • Stanley Kubrick: A Narrative and Stylistic Analysis
    Stanley Kubrick: A Narrative and Stylistic Analysis
    By Mario Falsetto

    Studies the style and themes of the films of Stanley Kubrick.

  • Blade Runners, Deer Hunters and Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: My Life in Cult Movies
    Blade Runners, Deer Hunters and Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: My Life in Cult Movies
    By Matthew Field, Michael Deeley

    Blade Runners, Deer Hunters & Blowing the Bloody Doors Off is essential for any fan of cult film, British cinema, or simply of a fascinating story told well.

  • George Cukor: Interviews
    George Cukor: Interviews
    By George Cukor

    Collected interviews with the director of such films as The Philadelphia Story, Adam's Rib, A Star Is Born, and My Fair Lady Collected interviews with the director of such films as The Philadelphia Story, Adam's Rib, A Star Is Born, and My ...

  • Filthy: The Weird World of John Waters
    Filthy: The Weird World of John Waters
    By Robrt L. Pela

    This is both a biography and a cultural study of John Waters, the cult phenomenon behind such films as Hairspray', 'Polyester', 'Cry Baby' and Pecker'.

  • The art of Tim Burton
    By Leah Gallo, Holly C. Kempf, Derek Frey

    The art of Tim Burton

  • Sergio Leone: Something to Do with Death
    Sergio Leone: Something to Do with Death
    By Christopher Frayling

    The landmark biography of one of the twentieth century's most recognizable directors—now back in print

  • Driving Under the Affluence
    Driving Under the Affluence
    By Julia Phillips

    Illuminating the dark corners of Los Angeles from Brentwood to the barrio, the author copes with acts of God, parenthood, liposuction, IRS collectors, and the Hollywood male establishment

  • ReFocus: The Films of Rachid Bouchareb
    ReFocus: The Films of Rachid Bouchareb
    By Gott Michael Gott

    Dimitris Eleftheriotis, Cinematic Journeys: Film and Movement (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010), 15. 9. ... Jason Wood, 100 Road Movies (London: British Film Institute, 2007), xv. 23. Ibid., xix. 24.

  • Jerzy Skolimowski: The Cinema of a Nonconformist
    Jerzy Skolimowski: The Cinema of a Nonconformist
    By Ewa Mazierska

    From participant to observer : autobiographical discourse in the films of Jerzy Skolimowski -- About a boy : characters, narratives and ideologies in Skolimowski's films -- Between realism and non-realism : the artistic context of ...

  • Francophone Belgian Cinema
    Francophone Belgian Cinema
    By Jamie Steele

    edinburghuniversitypress.com/series/tiwc FRANCOPHONE BELGIAN CINEMA Jamie Steele Edinburgh University Press is one ... Verevis Coming-of-age Cinema in New Zealand Alistair Fox New Transnationalisms in Contemporary Latin American Cinemas ...

  • Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies
    Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies
    By Donald Spoto

    Spellbound by Beauty examines Alfred Hitchcock's well known collaborations with the leading ladies of his day, and, in so doing, delves into his creative life and his uniquely curious professional and personal relationships.

  • The Film Book: A Complete Guide to the World of Film
    The Film Book: A Complete Guide to the World of Film
    By Ronald Bergan

    Step into the world of cinema with The Film Book: the films, the directors, the genres and the styles.

  • A Little Solitaire: John Frankenheimer and American Film
    A Little Solitaire: John Frankenheimer and American Film
    By R. Barton Palmer, Murray Pomerance

    ... which includes the nightmares of two of the surviving soldiers, Marco and Corporal Melvin (James Edwards), each one depicting a different murder, reveals Frankenheimer, good showman that he is, building the bizarre shared nightmare ...

  • Fear: The Autobiography of Dario Argento
    Fear: The Autobiography of Dario Argento
    By Dario Argento

    With candour and honesty, 'Fear' lifts the lid on the trials and tribulations of Argento's glittering career during the sensational golden era of cinecitta.

  • The Scorsese Connection
    The Scorsese Connection
    By Lesley Stern

    In a normal speaking voice she says , ' Alice Graham , you get in this house before I beat the living daylights out of you ... And , come to think of it , something comes before the beginning of Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as well .

  • Schriften zum Musiktheater der 20er und 30er Jahre: Opernregie
    By Arthur Maria Rabenalt

    Schriften zum Musiktheater der 20er und 30er Jahre: Opernregie

  • Robert Aldrich: Interviews
    Robert Aldrich: Interviews
    By Robert Aldrich

    In this collection of interviews, the filmmaker tells fascinating stories of making motion pictures with such film legends as Burt Lancaster, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Burt Reynolds, and many others

  • Kino des Orients: Stimmen aus einer Region
    Kino des Orients: Stimmen aus einer Region
    By Amin Farzanefar

    Hier ist zu erwähnen, dass der Iraner Mohsen Makhmalbaf, der bereits mit REISE NACH KANDAHAR um Aufmerksamkeit für die Region warb, Barmak bei Organisation und Finanzierung zur Seite stand. Makhmalbaf hat sich schon zu Zeiten für das ...

  • Entretenimento inteligente: o cinema de Billy Wilder
    Entretenimento inteligente: o cinema de Billy Wilder
    By Ana Lúcia Vieira de Andrade

    H. Smith ( Bing Crosby ) , representante de uma firma de gramo- fones que tenta , a todo custo , vender a licença de fabricação da ... Eles se conhecem no Palácio do Imperador , quando Buttons aproxima - se de Sherazade e esta o morde .