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Making Movies
by Sidney Lumet
Roger Ebert quotes: "Invaluable... I am sometimes asked if there is one book a
filmgoer could read to learn more about how movies are made and what to look for
while watching them. This is the book." Hardcover/Paperback. 220 pages.
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On Directing Film
by David Mamet
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright comes invaluable insights and practical
instructions on the art of film directing. Mamet looks at every aspect of
directing--from script to cutting room--and draws from a wide variety of sources
to make his points. Hardcover/Paperback.
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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
In Rebel Without a Crew, screenwriter and director Robert Rodriguez discloses all
the unique strategies and original techniques he used to make his remarkable
debut film, El Mariachi, on a shoestring budget. This is both one man's
remarkable story and an essential guide for anyone who has a celluloid story to
tell and the dreams and determination to see it through. Hardcover/Paperback. 285
pages.
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Shoot Out: Surviving Fame and Misfortune in Hollywood
by Peter Bart & Peter Guber
Most popular films are the end product of unique, creative filmmaking talent and
technical expertise. However, sometimes the personalities involved in the
production of a film steer the direction that the film takes. In this book, two
filmmaking production veterans, Bart (editor in chief of Variety) and Guber
(founder, Mandalay Entertainment), tell stories about the people who have
affected the reality of popular film. Hardcover. 278 pages.
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Spike Lee's Gotta Have It: Inside Guerrilla Filmmaking
by Spike Lee and Nelson George
A three part book with an interview of the director, a production diary of "She's
Gotta Have It", and the actual screenplay. Paperback.
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My First Movie: Twenty Celebrated Directors Talk About Their First Film
by Stephen Lowenstein
Nobody forgets their first time - and film directors are no exception. In these
vivid and revealing interviews, a collection of filmmakers as diverse as the Coen
brothers and Ken Loach, Ang Lee and Kevin Smith, Anthony Minghella and Gary
Oldman, Neil Jordan and Mira Nair talk in extraordinary detail and with amazing
candor about making their first films. Hardcover. 458 pages.
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Conversations With Wilder
by Cameron Crowe
Conversations with Wilder, an invaluable, photo-intensive volume, is a kind of
remake of Truffaut's must-read interview book Hitchcock, with Cameron Crowe in
the inquisitive Truffaut role and wily 93-year-old Billy Wilder as the crafty
master director. Paperback. 372 pages.
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Hitchcock
by Francois Truffaut
Any book-length interview with Alfred Hitchcock is valuable, but considering that
this volume's interlocutor is Fran¨ois Truffaut, the conversation is remarkable
indeed. Here is a rare opportunity to eavesdrop on two cinematic masters from
very different backgrounds as they cover each of Hitch's films in succession.
Paperback. 367 pages.
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Getting Away With It: Or The Further Adventures Of The Luckiest Bastard You Ever Saw
by Stephen Soderbergh & Richard Lester
Getting Away With It is a hilarious, insightful conversation between two
visionary directors, Steven Soderbergh and Richard Lester, about the manifold
joys and hardships of being a filmmaker. Paperback. 224 pages.
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Directing Film: The Director's Art From Script To Cutting Room
by Ken Russell
In Directing Film, film director Ken Russell shares his knowledge of the
director's art and job from analyzing a script to making scenes and choosing
images. Black and white film shots accompany a guide which comments on
differences between plays and films, reveals the director's role in shooting a
screenplay, and considers the requirements of the camera. Plenty of examples and
first-person insights pack this presentation. Paperback. 176 pages.
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The Guerilla Film Makers Handbook
by Chris Jones
In 1996 two indie film-makers (with three low/no budget feature films under their
belts) put together a how-to volume which covered every possible aspect of the
film-making war. As a result, The Guerilla Film-makers Handbook, was a
revelation. It even prompted Human Traffic director Justin Kerrigan to call it
"the only book in my shelf I wouldn't roach". Paperback. 639 pages.
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