Must have film related books
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I've been getting annual copies regularly for almost the entire 45 year run. I think my first copy was the 1969 edition. I generally used to give them away at the end of the year when the new one came out, but then I realized that the older editions list more TV movies and old movies than the newer ones do, so I scrambled to find what few older copies I had left buried around the house and I keep those handy--just in case.
I find this guide very helpful when I don't want to turn on the computer to look up on IMDB the year of release, running time or director or cast member.
#102
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Shit! His is one of the last annuals still around. First Scheuer's annual in the early '90s, then DVD Movie Guide a decade ago, then Time Out, and now Maltin. Terrible news.
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Dude. I have been trying to guess which one is more definitive for me to buy out those two horror ones. They look nice.
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I just finished up listening to William Friedkin's autobiography on audio book, as narrated by the man himself. And I want more.
Funny thing is, I didn't know I liked audio books. Never been into them, but when I ordered Friedkin's book I accidentally got the MP3 CD version. Told Amazon and they gave me a refund but said keep it anyway. Once I got a job up in L.A. I needed something to help kill the commute and popped it in. \
I was totally riveted, even if Friedkin isn't quite as open and honest about things, such as getting sued for TLADILA. But it was a very well done memoir.
So now I want more audio books to listen to, but I only want those narrated by the author. Specific, I know.
What have you got?
Funny thing is, I didn't know I liked audio books. Never been into them, but when I ordered Friedkin's book I accidentally got the MP3 CD version. Told Amazon and they gave me a refund but said keep it anyway. Once I got a job up in L.A. I needed something to help kill the commute and popped it in. \
I was totally riveted, even if Friedkin isn't quite as open and honest about things, such as getting sued for TLADILA. But it was a very well done memoir.
So now I want more audio books to listen to, but I only want those narrated by the author. Specific, I know.
What have you got?
#106
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I just finished up listening to William Friedkin's autobiography on audio book, as narrated by the man himself. And I want more.
Funny thing is, I didn't know I liked audio books. Never been into them, but when I ordered Friedkin's book I accidentally got the MP3 CD version. Told Amazon and they gave me a refund but said keep it anyway. Once I got a job up in L.A. I needed something to help kill the commute and popped it in. \
I was totally riveted, even if Friedkin isn't quite as open and honest about things, such as getting sued for TLADILA. But it was a very well done memoir.
So now I want more audio books to listen to, but I only want those narrated by the author. Specific, I know.
What have you got?
Funny thing is, I didn't know I liked audio books. Never been into them, but when I ordered Friedkin's book I accidentally got the MP3 CD version. Told Amazon and they gave me a refund but said keep it anyway. Once I got a job up in L.A. I needed something to help kill the commute and popped it in. \
I was totally riveted, even if Friedkin isn't quite as open and honest about things, such as getting sued for TLADILA. But it was a very well done memoir.
So now I want more audio books to listen to, but I only want those narrated by the author. Specific, I know.
What have you got?
#107
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Re: Must have film related books
I just finished up listening to William Friedkin's autobiography on audio book, as narrated by the man himself. And I want more.
Funny thing is, I didn't know I liked audio books. Never been into them, but when I ordered Friedkin's book I accidentally got the MP3 CD version. Told Amazon and they gave me a refund but said keep it anyway. Once I got a job up in L.A. I needed something to help kill the commute and popped it in. \
I was totally riveted, even if Friedkin isn't quite as open and honest about things, such as getting sued for TLADILA. But it was a very well done memoir.
So now I want more audio books to listen to, but I only want those narrated by the author. Specific, I know.
What have you got?
Funny thing is, I didn't know I liked audio books. Never been into them, but when I ordered Friedkin's book I accidentally got the MP3 CD version. Told Amazon and they gave me a refund but said keep it anyway. Once I got a job up in L.A. I needed something to help kill the commute and popped it in. \
I was totally riveted, even if Friedkin isn't quite as open and honest about things, such as getting sued for TLADILA. But it was a very well done memoir.
So now I want more audio books to listen to, but I only want those narrated by the author. Specific, I know.
What have you got?
I did not know Michael Mann had sued William Friedkin. I googled it and read this article. Great stuff.
http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs...tion-car-chase
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I saw a recent post in Hollywood-Elsewhere listing 30 great movie books to read and thought of this thread. Figured it was worth a cut & paste.
30 You Should Have Read By Now
Every few years I’ll post a list of the best inside-Hollywood books and then ask for titles I’ve missed. Which is what this is. What’s the next great topic for a Hollywood expose or tell-all? How about “Super-Vomit: How Hollywood Infantiles (i.e., Devotees of Comic Books and Video Games) Degraded Theatrical and All But Ruined The Greatest Modern Art Form”? Which others? An inside saga of Leonardo DiCaprio‘s pussy posse years?
(1) David McClintick‘s “Indecent Exposure: A True Story of Hollywood and Wall Street,” (2) Stephen Bach‘s “Final Cut: Dreams and Disasters in the Making of Heaven’s Gate,” (3) Mark Harris‘s “Pictures at a Revolution,” (4) Julia Phillips‘ “You’ll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again,” (5) John Gregory Dunne‘s “The Studio,” (6) Leo Braudy‘s “The World in a Frame,” (7) Thomas Schatz‘s “The Genius of the System” and (8) Lillian Ross‘s “Picture.”
Not to mention (9) Otto Freidrich‘s “City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s“, (10) Julie Salamon‘s “The Devil’s Candy,” (11)Jack Brodsky and Nathan Weiss‘s “The Cleopatra Papers,” (12) David Thomson‘s “Suspects“, (13) “The Whole Equation and (14) “The New Biographical Dictionary of Film,” (15)William Goldman‘s “Which Lie Did I Tell?” and (16) Peter Biskind‘s “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls” and (17) “Down and Dirty Pictures.”
As well as (18) Charles Fleming‘s “High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess,” (19) William Goldman‘s “Adventures in the Screen Trade”, (20) the audio version of Robert Evans‘ “The Kid Stays in the Picture”, (21) Christine Vachon‘s “Shooting to Kill” and (22) “A Killer Life“, (23) James B. Stewart‘s “Disney War“, (24) Peter Biskind‘s “Seeing is Believing,” Richard Corliss‘ “Talking Pictures: Screenwriters in the American Cinema,” (25) Thomas Doherty‘s “Hollywood’s Censor” (the book about Joe Breen), (26) Jake Ebert and Terry Illiot‘s “My Indecision Is Final,” (27) Stephen Farber and Marc Green‘s “Outrageous Conduct” (John Landis and the Twilight Zone tragedy), (28) Nancy Griffin and Kim Masters‘ “Hit and Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony for a Ride in Hollywood“, (29) Bruce Wagner‘s “Force Majeure“, and (30) David Thomson‘s “Warren Beatty and Desert Eyes: A Life and a Story“.
I didn’t mention Nathaniel West‘s “The Day of the Locust” as that would have pushed the total to 31.
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2017/10/30-read-now/
30 You Should Have Read By Now
Every few years I’ll post a list of the best inside-Hollywood books and then ask for titles I’ve missed. Which is what this is. What’s the next great topic for a Hollywood expose or tell-all? How about “Super-Vomit: How Hollywood Infantiles (i.e., Devotees of Comic Books and Video Games) Degraded Theatrical and All But Ruined The Greatest Modern Art Form”? Which others? An inside saga of Leonardo DiCaprio‘s pussy posse years?
(1) David McClintick‘s “Indecent Exposure: A True Story of Hollywood and Wall Street,” (2) Stephen Bach‘s “Final Cut: Dreams and Disasters in the Making of Heaven’s Gate,” (3) Mark Harris‘s “Pictures at a Revolution,” (4) Julia Phillips‘ “You’ll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again,” (5) John Gregory Dunne‘s “The Studio,” (6) Leo Braudy‘s “The World in a Frame,” (7) Thomas Schatz‘s “The Genius of the System” and (8) Lillian Ross‘s “Picture.”
Not to mention (9) Otto Freidrich‘s “City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s“, (10) Julie Salamon‘s “The Devil’s Candy,” (11)Jack Brodsky and Nathan Weiss‘s “The Cleopatra Papers,” (12) David Thomson‘s “Suspects“, (13) “The Whole Equation and (14) “The New Biographical Dictionary of Film,” (15)William Goldman‘s “Which Lie Did I Tell?” and (16) Peter Biskind‘s “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls” and (17) “Down and Dirty Pictures.”
As well as (18) Charles Fleming‘s “High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess,” (19) William Goldman‘s “Adventures in the Screen Trade”, (20) the audio version of Robert Evans‘ “The Kid Stays in the Picture”, (21) Christine Vachon‘s “Shooting to Kill” and (22) “A Killer Life“, (23) James B. Stewart‘s “Disney War“, (24) Peter Biskind‘s “Seeing is Believing,” Richard Corliss‘ “Talking Pictures: Screenwriters in the American Cinema,” (25) Thomas Doherty‘s “Hollywood’s Censor” (the book about Joe Breen), (26) Jake Ebert and Terry Illiot‘s “My Indecision Is Final,” (27) Stephen Farber and Marc Green‘s “Outrageous Conduct” (John Landis and the Twilight Zone tragedy), (28) Nancy Griffin and Kim Masters‘ “Hit and Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony for a Ride in Hollywood“, (29) Bruce Wagner‘s “Force Majeure“, and (30) David Thomson‘s “Warren Beatty and Desert Eyes: A Life and a Story“.
I didn’t mention Nathaniel West‘s “The Day of the Locust” as that would have pushed the total to 31.
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2017/10/30-read-now/
#111
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I did not know Michael Mann had sued William Friedkin. I googled it and read this article. Great stuff.
http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs...tion-car-chase
http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs...tion-car-chase
#112
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Quite a few mentioned i have read and would highly recommend.
I would throw in the series or books by Creation.. Books like Meat id Murder look at specific genre pictures like cannibal movies, road movies, serial killer movies etc. and they are all fantastic.
Also the BFI books (of which they are 200+) are really great. I actually managed to get a download of them all a few years back and have them on my phone. Each book devoted to a single movie. Really great.
I would throw in the series or books by Creation.. Books like Meat id Murder look at specific genre pictures like cannibal movies, road movies, serial killer movies etc. and they are all fantastic.
Also the BFI books (of which they are 200+) are really great. I actually managed to get a download of them all a few years back and have them on my phone. Each book devoted to a single movie. Really great.
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#1 on that top-30 is indeed a splendid read.
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Okay, I mentioned this in the 20 years ago today thread . I am copying it here because I am really into it and think it's an outstanding read. Really fun.
I am going through the 1999 movies mentioned in the book (finally saw 10 Things I Hate About You over the weekend). They are divided into chapters, some focused on just one movie, others with multiple similar films. They detail the making, marketing and reception of that movie (or movies). The chapters more or less follow a chronological order of release dates in 1999.
The link for the book is here
I am going through the 1999 movies mentioned in the book (finally saw 10 Things I Hate About You over the weekend). They are divided into chapters, some focused on just one movie, others with multiple similar films. They detail the making, marketing and reception of that movie (or movies). The chapters more or less follow a chronological order of release dates in 1999.
This 1999 nostalgia is in full kick now. I am just starting this cool book
It's really good with tons of new interviews with everyone from Fincher and Pitt to Brad Bird to Mike Judge. Highly recommended.
I heard a good podcast with Raftery the other day. I will post it tomorrow
It's really good with tons of new interviews with everyone from Fincher and Pitt to Brad Bird to Mike Judge. Highly recommended.
I heard a good podcast with Raftery the other day. I will post it tomorrow
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Film As Subversive Art - Amos Vogel
On Directing - Alexander Mackendrick
The Total Film-Maker - Jerry Lewis
On Directing - Alexander Mackendrick
The Total Film-Maker - Jerry Lewis
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I re-read "Indecent Exposure" by David McClintick earlier this summer, and can extol its value most ardently as a spellbinding glimpse at chicanery - and the response thereto - in the American film industry. The detail in this book is amazing. I had read it before, about 10-15 years ago, but I found I could scarcely put it down even the second time.