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book		American directors : volume II / Jean-Pierre Coursodon with Pierre Sauvage New York: McGraw-Hill, c1983. Call No: 802.25(73) COU vol.2 Author: Coursodon, Jean-Pierre; Sauvage, Pierre Place: New York Publisher: McGraw-Hill PubDate: c1983 PhysDes: 2 v. ; 24 cm Subject: DIRECTORS. USA; ALDRICH, ROBERT; ALLEN, WOODY; ALTMAN, ROBERT; BOETTICHER, BUDD; BOGDANOVICH, PETER; BROOKS, RICHARD; CASSAVETES, JOHN; CASTLE, WILLIAM; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD; CORMAN, ROGER; DASSIN, JULES; DE PALMA, BRIAN; DMYTRYK, EDWARD; DONEN, STANLEY; EASTWOOD, CLINT; EDWARDS, BLAKE; FLEISCHER, RICHARD; FRANKENHEIMER, JOHN; FULLER, SAMUEL; HARRINGTON, CURTIS; KAZAN, ELIA; KELLY, GENE; KERSHNER, IRVIN; KUBRICK, STANLEY; LEWIS, JERRY; LOGAN, JOSHUA; LOSEY, JOSEPH; LUMET, SIDNEY; Lupino, Ida; MANKIEWICZ, JOSEPH L.; MINNELLI, VINCENTE; PARRISH, ROBERT; Peckinpah, Sam; PENN, ARTHUR; POLLACK, SYDNEY; POLONSKY, ABRAHAM; RAFELSON, BOB; RAFELSON, BOB; RAY, NICHOLAS; RITCHIE, MICHAEL; ROSSEN, ROBERT; SCORSESE, MARTIN; SIDNEY, GEORGE; SIEGEL, DON; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; STURGES, JOHN; TASHLIN, FRANK; WELLES, ORSON; WISE, ROBERT; ZINNEMANN, FRED Notes: Includes filmographies and indexes ISBN: 0070132623 (pbk. : v. 2) : $8.95; 0070132631 (v. 1) : $13.95; 0070132615 (pbk. : v. 1) : $8.95; 007013264X (v. 2) : $13.95 LON: 2198273 More info
book		American film now : the people, the power, the money, the movies / by James Monaco New York: New American library, 1979. Call No: 71(73) MON Author: Monaco, James Source: US Place: New York Publisher: New American library PubDate: 1979 PhysDes: 544 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: MOTION PICTURES - HISTORY; ALLEN, WOODY; ALTMAN, ROBERT; BOGDANOVICH, PETER; BROOKS, MEL; CASSAVETES, JOHN; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD; DE PALMA, BRIAN; LUCAS, GEORGE; MAZURSKY, PAUL; RITCHIE, MICHAEL; SCORSESE, MARTIN; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; SCHRADER, PAUL; SIMON, NEIL Summary: "Hollywood movies today are bigger - but are they better than ever? In this major examination of modern American cinema, one of our leading film critics ponders this question - and produces a wide-screen picture of the answer. Here in detail are the careers and creative milestones of the new "Whiz Kids" of hollywood - such glittering names as Scorsese, De Palma, Lucas, Spielberg, Altman, Mazursky, and Coppola. Here are the new masters of comedy - Neil Simon, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen. Here are the blockbusters that made fiscal history- Jaws, The Exorcist, the Godfather, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Nashville, Superman, and all the others. Here, too, are the masterpieces that passed unnoticed, and the disasters that Hollywood would like to forget. Here are the new writers turning out novelizations of screenplays and screenplays of novels, and the current and rising stars who collectively represent America's vision of glamour and aristocracy. Above all, here is a bottom-line report on the new economics that have turned Hollywood from an old-fashioned industry centered on making movies into a "leisure-time" business obsessed with making money for coporate owners. Add to this a complete rundown of the top critics' choice for the best films of the decade, and a comprehensive "Who's Who" in current American filmmaking, and you have American Film Now- the definitve guide to the film industry as it is today and as it will be tomorrow." BOOK BLURB Notes: Includes index. Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2010 Contents: -- 1 Properties and packages: Getting started, building "projects", the rules of the game -- 2 Products and profits: conglomeration, the cash flow, slicing the pie, agenting -- 3 The entertainment machine: " Eat, swim, play, not talk!", the family of genres, the quarks of film -- 4: The people who make movies: the assets, Obiter Dicta: major contributors, the rest of the crew -- 5 The Whiz kids: Peter Bogdanovich, Billy Friedkin, Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Paul Schrader -- 6 The black film ( and the black image): Hello, Sam; Ossie davis, Gordon Parks, Melvin Van Peebles, Bill Gunn, Michael Schultz -- 7 The importance of being funny: comics and comedians: whats funny?, the genre and the style, the sunshine boys make movies: Neil Simon, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen -- 8 Myth, reality, and other ways of meaning: Realism and documentary, the mythos and ethos, myth for myth's sake, "If you want to send a message, call Western Union", The way we live now -- 9 Who's talking? Cassavetes, Altman, and Coppola: John Cassavetes and the mystiwue of the actor, Robert Altman and the myth of the character, Francis Coppola: the Stinky Kid as mogul -- 10 Who's talking? Ritchie and Mazursky: Michael Ritchie the ironist, Paul Mazursky the satirist -- 11 The fourth estate: Begelmania, A new constellation, What is to be done? -- The Data -- Critics and critical choices -- the best films of the decade -- ten major filmographies: Woody Allen, Robert Altman, John Cassavetes, Francis Coppola, Brian De Palma, George Lucas, Paul Mazursky, Michael Ritchie, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg -- reading about American film now: a guide -- references -- Who's who in Americn film now?: writers, directors, actors, actresses, producers, cinematographers, composers, designers, special effects, sound -- index -- credits More info
Interim book		The best American movie writing 1999 / edited by Peter Bogdanovich New York: St. Martin's, 1999. Call No: 67(04) BES Place: New York Publisher: St. Martin's PubDate: 1999 PhysDes: 280 p. Subject: WOMEN IN FILMS; RELIGION AND THE CINEMA; ADAPTATIONS; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SOUND PERIOD; BLACKS IN FILMS; GAZE IN FILMS; FAMILY IN FILMS; WAR FILMS; BOORMAN, JOHN; FRANKENHEIMER, JOHN; SINATRA, FRANK; FORD, JOHN; THOMPSON, KAY; OZU YASUJIRO; MANGOLD, JAMES; RISKIN, ROBERT; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; SCORSESE, MARTIN; SARRIS, ANDREW; MCCAREY, LEO; BOGDANOVICH, PETER; CAPRA, FRANK; VIDAL, GORE; DOVE, BILLIE; GRANT, CARY; BURNETT, CHARLES; HAPPINESS (US, Todd Solondz, 1998); SEARCHERS, THE (US, John Ford, 1956); EVE'S BAYOU (US, Kasi Lemons, 1997); TOUCH OF EVIL (US, Orson Welles, 1958); L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (US, Curtis Hanson, 1997); SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (US, Alexander Mackendrick, 1957); GENERAL, THE (UK, John Boorman, 1998); RONIN (US, John Frankenheimer, 1998); STARDUST MEMORIES (US, Woody Allen, 1980); TROUBLE IN PARADISE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1932); RED RIVER (US, Howard Hawks, 1948); DETOUR (US, Edgar G. Ulmer, ,1946); WRITTEN ON THE WIND (US, Douglas Sirk, 1956); NOTORIOUS (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1946); BIG SLEEP, THE (US, Howard Hawkes, 1946); LADY EVE, THE (US, Preston Sturges, 1941); M (G, Fritz Lang, 1931); WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE, A (US, John Cassavetes, 1974) ISBN: 0312244832 ID2: 291 More info
book		Camera politica : the politics and ideology of contemporary Hollywood film / by Michael Ryan and Douglas Kellner Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1988. Call No: 409(73) RYA Copy Management: Copy 1; Copy 2 Author: Ryan, Michael, 1951; Kellner, Douglas, 1943 Place: Bloomington, Ind. Publisher: Indiana University Press PubDate: 1988 PhysDes: xiii, 328 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Subject: HOLLYWOOD; DISASTERS IN FILMS. USA; SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS. USA; WORKING CLASS IN FILMS. USA; BLACKS IN FILMS. USA; SOUTH IN FILMS. USA; WOMEN IN FILMS. USA; BUDDY FILMS. USA; FAMILY IN FILMS. USA; VIETNAM WAR IN FILMS; HORROR FILMS. USA; VIETNAM WAR FILMS; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA. USA; FANTASY FILMS. USA; UTOPIA IN FILMS. USA; COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA; TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA. USA; CONSPIRACY FILMS. USA; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD; BORDEN, LIZZIE; CIMINO, MICHAEL; Peckinpah, Sam; Reagan, Ronald; ROMERO, GEORGE; SCORSESE, MARTIN; HOOPER, TOBE; FRIEDKIN, WILLIAM; BROOKS, JAMES L.; DE PALMA, BRIAN; LUCAS, GEORGE; KUBRICK, STANLEY; MILIUS, JOHN; PAKULA, ALAN J.; SCOTT, RIDLEY; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977); CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (US, Mike Nichols, 1971); CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (US, Steven Spielberg, 1977); DEATH WISH (US, Michael Winner, 1974); DEER HUNTER, THE (US, Michael Cimino, 1978); DRESSED TO KILL (US, Brian De Palma, 1980); E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1982); FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (US, William Friedkin, 1971); JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975); TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (US, James L. Brooks, 1983); UNDER FIRE (US, Roger Spottiswoode, 1983); SHINING, THE (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1980); APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979); DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (US, Susan Seidelman, 1985); DIRTY HARRY (US, Don Siegel, 1971); GODFATHER, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972); KLUTE (US, Alan J. Pakula, 1971); BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 321-324 ISBN: 0253313341 LON: 5193671 More info
book		A cinema of loneliness : Penn, Kubrick, Scorsese, Spielberg, Altman / Robert Phillip Kolker New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. Call No: 802.25(73) KOL Author: Kolker, Robert Phillip Edition: 2nd ed Place: New York Publisher: Oxford University Press PubDate: 1988 PhysDes: xv, 442 p. : ill. ; 20 cm Subject: PENN, ARTHUR; KUBRICK, STANLEY; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; SCORSESE, MARTIN; ALTMAN, ROBERT Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 383-394; Filmography: p. 395-430 ISBN: 0195053907 (pbk. : alk. paper) : $16.95; 0195053893 (hard : alk. paper); 0195053907 (pbk. : alk. paper) LON: 5669409 More info
Interim book		A cinema of loneliness : Penn, Stone, Kubrick, Scorsese, Spielberg, Altman / Robert Kolker New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Call No: 802.25(73) KOL Author: Kolker, Robert Edition: 3rd ed. Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Oxford University Press PubDate: 2000 PhysDes: xvii, 484 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: PENN, ARTHUR; STONE, OLIVER; KUBRICK, STANLEY; SCORSESE, MARTIN; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; ALTMAN, ROBERT Notes: Filmography: p. [421]-464. Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-419) and index ISBN: 0195123506 More info
book		Easy riders, raging bulls : how the sex-drugs-and-rock-'n'-roll generation saved Hollywood / Peter Biskind New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Call No: 71(73) BIS Author: Biskind, Peter Place: New York, NY Publisher: Simon & Schuster PubDate: 1998 PhysDes: 506 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Subject: HOLLYWOOD; USA. 1970's; COLUMBIA PICTURES; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX; UNIVERSAL PICTURES; WARNER BROS.; ZOETROPE STUDIOS; ALTMAN, ROBERT; ASHBY, HAL; BEATTY, WARREN; BEGELMAN, DAVID; BLATTY, WILLIAM PETER; BOGDANOVICH, PETER; BRANDO, MARLON; BROWN, DAVID; BURSTYN, ELLEN; CALLEY, JOHN; CHRISTIE, JULIE; COPPOLA, ELEANOR; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD; DE NIRO, ROBERT; DE PALMA, BRIAN; DILLER, BARRY; EVANS, ROBERT; FONDA, PETER; FRIEDKIN, WILLIAM; GEFFEN, DAVID; HAWKS, HOWARD; HOPPER, DENNIS; IRVING, AMY; KAEL, PAULINE; KIDDER, MARGOT; LUCAS, GEORGE; LUCAS, MARCIA; MILIUS, JOHN; NEWMAN, DAVID; NICHOLSON, JACK; PENN, ARTHUR; PHILLIPS, JULIA; PLATT, POLLY; POLANSKI, ROMAN; RAFELSON, BOB; SCHNEIDER, BERT; SCHRADER, LEONARD; SCHRADER, PAUL; SCORSESE, MARTIN; SHEPHERD, CYBILL; SIMPSON, DON; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; SYLBERT, RICHARD; TANEN, NED; TOWNE, ROBERT; WEINTRAUB, SANDRA; YABLANS, FRANK; ZANUCK, RICHARD; AMERICAN GRAFFITI (US, George Lucas, 1973); EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper, 1969); APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979); BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967); CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974); CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (US, Steven Spielberg, 1977); EXORCIST, THE (US, William Friedkin, 1973); GODFATHER, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972); HEAVEN'S GATE (US, Michael Cimino, 1980); JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975); LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE (US, Peter Bogdanovich, 1971); MCCABE AND MRS MILLER (US, Robert Altman, 1971); MASH (US, Robert Altman, 1969); MEAN STREETS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1973); PAPER MOON (US, Peter Bogdanovich, 1973); PERSONAL BEST (US, Robert Towne, 1982); RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980); REDS (US, Warren Beatty, 1981); SHAMPOO (US, Hal Ashby, 1975); SORCERER (US, William Friedkin, 1977); STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977); SUGARLAND EXPRESS, THE (US, Steven Spielberg, 1974); TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976) Notes:* Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-482) and index; Filmography: p. [447]-448 ISBN: 0684809966 LON: 98002919; 13698645 More info
book		Filmmakers on filmmaking : the American Film Institute seminars on motion pictures and television. volume 1 / edited by Joseph McBride Los Angeles Boston: J.P. Tarcher Distributed by Houghton Mifflin Co., c1983. Call No: 802 FIL vol.1 Author: McBride, Joseph CorpAuthor: American Film Institute Edition: 1st ed Place: Los Angeles Boston Publisher: J.P. Tarcher Distributed by Houghton Mifflin Co. PubDate: c1983 PhysDes: ports. ; 24 cm Subject: WALLIS, HAL B.; ZANUCK, RICHARD; BROWN, DAVID; BERGMAN, INGMAR; WILDER, BILLY; POITIER, SIDNEY; BALL, LUCILLE; HOWE, W.J.; PLATT, POLLY; BEATTY, WARREN; BOGDANOVICH, PETER; SILVER, JOAN MICKLIN; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; DIAMOND, I. A. L.; ROSENMAN, LEONARD; FIELDS, VERNA; SYLBERT, ANTHEA; MENGERS, SUE; EAST OF EDEN (US, Elia Kazan, 1955); JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975); SHAMPOO (US, Hal Ashby, 1975); TARGETS (US, Peter Bogdanovich, 1968) Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes ISBN: 0874772664 (v. 1) : $15.95 (per vol.); 0874772672 (v. 2); 0874772494 (pbk. : v. 1) : $7.95 (per vol.); 0874772508 (pbk. : v. 2) LON: 2606290 More info
book		The films of Steven Spielberg / Neil Sinyard London: Bison Books Ltd, 1986. Call No: 81SPI SIN; FOLIO Author: Sinyard, Neil, 1945 Place: London Publisher: Bison Books Ltd PubDate: 1986 PhysDes: 132 p. : ill. (some col.), col. ports. ; 31 cm Subject: SPIELBERG, STEVEN Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0861243528 LON: abn88281109; 6101680 More info
book		The future of the movies : interviews with Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas / by Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews and McMeel, c1991. Call No: 802.25 EBE Author: Ebert, Roger; Siskel, Gene Source: US Place: Kansas City, Missouri Publisher: Andrews and McMeel PubDate: c1991 PhysDes: xii, 116 p. : ill. ; 22 cm Subject: FILM; PRODUCERS; DIRECTORS; USA; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; SCORSESE, MARTIN; LUCAS, GEORGE Summary: "Behind-the-scenes conversations with movie critics Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel reveal the personal visions of three of America's best and most innovative directors, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas, and the technological challenges they face in forging the future of movies. " -- BOOK BLURB ISBN: 0836262166 Contents: -- acknowledgments -- introduction by Roger Ebert -- Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert interview Martin Scorsese -- Gene Siskel interviews Steven Spielberg -- Roger Ebert interviews George Lucas -- afterword by Gene Siskel -- More info
book		The gross : the hits, the flops - the summer that ate Hollywood / Peter Bart New York: St. Martin's Griffin, February 2000. Call No: 210.31(73) BAR Author: Bart, Peter Edition: First Edition Source: US Place: New York Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin PubDate: February 2000 PhysDes: 337 p. ; 24 cm Subject: BART, PETER; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA; BOX OFFICE. USA; STUDIOS, FILM. USA; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX; SONY CORPORATION; WARNER BROS.; UNIVERSAL PICTURES; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; ARMAGEDDON (US, Michael Bay, 1998); BULWORTH (US, Warren Beatty, 1998); DEEP IMPACT (US, Mimi Leder, 1997); HORSE WHISPERER, THE (US, Robert Redford, 1998); LETHAL WEAPON 4 (US, Richard Donner, 1998); MASK OF ZORRO (US, Martin Campbell, 1998); MULAN (US, Barry Cook & Tony Bancroft, 1998); OUT OF SIGHT (US, Steven Soderbergh, 1998); SMALL SOLDIERS (US, Joe Dante, 1998); SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (US, Steven Spielberg, 1998); SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS (US, Ivan Reitman, 1998); GODZILLA (US/JA, Roland Emmerich, 1998); THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY (US, Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly, 1998) Notes: A behind-the-scenes tour of Hollywood during its busiest season - where big-budget blockbusters can make or break a studio, and summer sleepers sneak onto the radar.--BOOK BLURB ISBN: 0312253915 More info
book		Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan / Robin Wood New York: Columbia University Press, 1986. Call No: 71(73) WOO Author: Wood, Robin, 1931 Place: New York Publisher: Columbia University Press PubDate: 1986 PhysDes: x, 328 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm Subject: USA; HORROR FILMS; NARRATIVE IN FILMS; WOMEN IN FILMS. USA; BUDDY FILMS; HORROR FILMS. USA; ALTMAN, ROBERT; COHEN, LARRY; SCORSESE, MARTIN; CIMINO, MICHAEL; ROMERO, GEORGE; DE PALMA, BRIAN; LUCAS, GEORGE; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; CHASE, THE (US, Arthur Penn, 1966); RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980); KING OF COMEDY, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1983); DEER HUNTER, THE (US, Michael Cimino, 1978); HEAVEN'S GATE (US, Michael Cimino, 1980); BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982); POLTERGEIST (US, Tobe Hooper, 1982) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [319]-320 ISBN: 0231057768 (alk. paper); 0231057776 (pbk) LON: 3796463 More info
book		Hollywood, interrupted : insanity chic in Babylon - the case against celebrity / by Andrew breitbart an Mark Ebner Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, 2004. Call No: 46(794) BRE Author: Breitbart, Andrew; Ebner, Mark Edition: 2004 Place: Hoboken, New Jersey Publisher: John Wiley and Sons PubDate: 2004 PhysDes: 394 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Subject: HOLLYWOOD; CELEBRITIES; LOVE, COURTNEY; MADONNA; JACKSON, MICHAEL; SPIELBERG, STEVEN Summary: Hollywood, Interrupted is a sometimes frightening, occasionally sad, and frequently hysterical odyssey into the darkest realms of showbiz pathology, the endless stream of meltdowns and flameouts, and the inexplicable behavior on the part of show business personalities. Charting celebrities from rehab to retox, to jails, cults, institutions, near-death experiences and the Democratic Party, Hollywood, Interrupted takes readers on a surreal field trip into the amoral belly of the entertainment industry. Each chapter — covering topics including warped Hollywood child-rearing, bad medicine, hypocritical political maneuvering and the complicit media — delivers a meticulously researched, interview-infused, attitude heavy dispatch which analyzes and deconstructs the myths created by the celebrities themselves. Celebrities somehow believe that it's their god-given right to inflict their pathology on the rest of us. Hollywood, Interrupted illustrates how these dysfunctional dilettantes are mad as hell... And we're not going to take it any more. -- publisher's web site ISBN: 9780471706243 More info
book		Icons : intimate portraits / by Denise Worrell New York: Atlantic Monthly, 1989. Call No: 802.27 WOR Author: Worrell, Denise Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Atlantic Monthly PubDate: 1989 PhysDes: xvii, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subject: MADONNA; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; MARTIN, STEVE; NEWMAN, PAUL; KINSKI, NASTASSJA; DYLAN, BOB; Lean, David; LUCAS, GEORGE; MIDLER, BETTE; STONE, OLIVER; JACKSON, MICHAEL Summary: "The in-depth psychological portraits presented in Icons are unlike any collection of celebrity profiles ever published. Most of these people have been interviewed so many times their answers had been turned to stone. Interviewers, too, are icon builders, and ask the same questions over and over. Celebreties, despite fame, are struggling to maintain their own living voices. It is Worrell's special gift as an interviewer and writer to hold up a mirror to the most closely held of reflections. Icons reads like a collection of finely honed short storie and raises the craft of celebrity reporting to the finest journalism." -- BOOK BLURB ISBN: 0871133067 Donation: Donated by Simon Wincer Contents: Author's note -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction by Otto Friedrich -- Madonna is her given name -- The Eternal Childhood of Steven Spielberg -- Steve Martin in color -- Plain-wrap superstar Paul Newman -- Nastassia Kinski: wild child -- Bob Dylan down executioner's row -- David Lean on the far horizon -- The dark side of George Lucas -- Very very Bette Midler -- Oliver Stone goes to war -- Michael Jackson in Never-Never Land. More info
Interim book		Jaws / by Antonia Quirke London: bfi Publishing, 2002. Call No: 79JAW QUI Author: Quirke, Antonia Source: UK Place: London Publisher: bfi Publishing PubDate: 2002 PhysDes: 95 p. : illus. (b/w & colour) : 19cm Series: BFI Modern Classics Subject: SPIELBERG, STEVEN; JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975) Notes: Credits p. 92-93; Our copy of this went missing in October 2015. This is a replacement copy. HM ISBN: 085170929X More info
book		Looking past the screen : case studies in American film history and method / Edited by Jon Lewis and Eric Smoodin Durham: Duke University Press, 2007. Call No: 71(73) LEW Author: Lewis, Jon (editor); Smoodin, Eric (editor) Source: US Place: Durham Publisher: Duke University Press PubDate: 2007 PhysDes: x, 413 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: MOTION PICTURES - HISTORY; USA; FILM CULTURE; FILM NOIR; REALISM IN FILMS; LUCAS, GEORGE; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; WEBER, LOIS; MURNAU, FRIEDRICH WILHEL Summary: The book looks at Hollywood cinema from the beginnings to the 70s, and uses both the film itself, and primary sources of information - collections of personal letters, popular and trade journals, fan magazines, and studio publications to develop a method of historical research to enable one to examine the social, politiical phenomenon which begins with the screen but extends to all society. Notes: Bibliography: p. 381-396; Includes Index ISBN: 9780322338215 Contents: The beginnings of American film study / Dana Polan -- The perfect money machine(s) : George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and auteurism in the new Hollywood / Jon Lewis -- Lois Weber and the celebrity of matronly respectability / Shelley Stamp -- Tempting fate : Clara Smith hamon, or The secretary as producer / Mark Lynn Anderson -- The crafting of a political icon : Lola Lola on paper / Andrea Slane -- Going Hollywood sooner or later : Chinese censorship and The bitter tea of General Yen / Eric Smoodin -- Plain brown wrapper : adult films for the home market, 1930-1969 / Eric Schaefer -- Ethnography and exhibition : the child audience, the Hays office, and Saturday matinees / Richard deCordova -- Dish night at the movies : exhibitor promotions and female audiences during the Great Depression / Kathy H. Fuller-Seeley -- "A treatise on decay" : liberal and leftist critics and their queer readings of Depression-era U.S. film / David M. Lugowski -- Murnau in America : chronicle of lost films (4 devils, City girl) / Janet Bergstrom -- The American origins of film noir : realism in urban art and The naked city / Sumiko Higashi. More info
book		The men who would be king : an almost epic tale of moguls, movies, and a company called DreamWorks / Nicole LaPorte Boston ; New York: Mariner Books, 2011. Call No: 19DRE LAP Author: LaPorte, Nicole Source: US Place: Boston ; New York Publisher: Mariner Books PubDate: 2011 PhysDes: xix, 491 pages ; 21 cm Subject: DREAMWORKS SKG; HOLLYWOOD; PRODUCERS; PRODUCTION CENTRES : HOLLYWOOD; EISNER, MICHAEL; GEFFEN, DAVID; KATZENBERG, JEFFREY; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; AMERICAN BEAUTY (US, Sam Mendes, 1999); AMISTAD (US, Steven Spielberg, 1997); PRINCE OF EGYPT, THE (US, Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner & Simon Wells, 1998); SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (US, Steven Spielberg, 1998); SHREK (US, Kelly Asbury & Andrew Adamson, 2001) Summary: "For sixty years, the lineup of Hollywood's major studios varied little. Then came the Circus Maximus created by director Steven Spielberg, billionaire David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg (who gave the world The Lion King). Nothing in decades had approached the excitement surrounding the empire called DreamWorks, where hype, glory, and investors vying to kick in billions gave way to blowups, battles, and betrayals worthy of THE GODFATHER. Nicole LaPorte reveals for the first time the delicious truths of what happened behind the scenes. Readers will feel they are part of the creative calamities of moviemaking as LaPorte's fly-on-the-wall detail shows us Hollywood's bizarre rules of business. We see clashes between the often otherworldly Spielberg's troops and Katzenberg's warriors, the debacles and disasters, but also the Oscar-winning triumphs, such as SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. We see Geffen seducing investors and watch as the studio burns through billions while its rich owners get richer and everybody else suffers. Here is Hollywood - up close, glamorous, and gritty." [TAKEN FROM BOOK BLURB] Notes: Includes index ISBN: 9780547520278 Donation: Simon Wincer More info
Interim book		Movie blockbusters / edited by Julian Stringer London: Routledge, 2003. Call No: 721.303.311 STR Author: Stinger, Julian (ed.) Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Routledge PubDate: 2003 PhysDes: 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: BLOCKBUSTERS; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA; INDUSTRY, FILM. NEW ZEALAND; INDUSTRY, FILM. CHINA; INDUSTRY, FILM. INDIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. KOREA; INDUSTRY, FILM. ARGENTINA; AWARDS. ACADEMY; HOLLYWOOD; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; CAMERON, JAMES; JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975); JAZZ SINGER, THE (US, Alan Crosland, 1927); TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE (US, Cecil B. DeMille, 1956); TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991); TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997); CONTACT (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1997); FUGITIVE, THE (US, Andrew Davis, 1993); ONCE WERE WARRIORS (NZ, Lee Tamahori, 1994); STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977) Summary: Big-budget, spectacular films designed to appeal to a mass audience: is this what – or all – blockbusters are? Movie Blockbuster brings together leading film scholars to consider this most high-profile and culturally significant genre. Drawing on a range of critical perspectives, the book traces how and why the ‘even movie’ has played such a large role in popular imagination, tracing a path from the spectacles of the silent era to the effects-laden mega-hits of the digital age. ISBN: 0415256097 More info
book		Outrageous conduct : art, ego, and the Twilight zone case / Stephen Farber and Marc Green New York: Arbor House/Morrow, 1988. Call No: 79TWI FAR Author: Farber, Stephen; Green, Marc, 1943 Edition: 1st ed Place: New York Publisher: Arbor House/Morrow PubDate: 1988 PhysDes: 394 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: HOLLYWOOD; SAFETY; LAWSUITS; STUNTS; LANDIS, JOHN; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; TWILIGHT ZONE THE MOVIE (US, John Landis & Steven Spielberg & George Miller & Joe Dante, 1983) Summary: "Death in the movies isn't supposed to be real. But on July 23, 1982, a spectacular explosion on the set of TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE knocked a helicopter out of the sky and into the path of two small children and veteran actor Vic Morrow, crushing one child and decapitating Morrow and the other youngster. How could this tragedy occur? Was anyone to blame? OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT reveals the facts behind the accident, when skilled movie-makers exceeded the bounds of safety; the anxiety, when Hollywood closed ranks to protect its own; and the raucous and very public trial, when countercharges of "outrageous conduct" flew between the publicity-conscious district attorney and the furious film director, John Landis." [Taken from book jacket] Notes: Includes index ISBN: 087795948X : $18.95 LON: 88010432; 5821084 More info
book		Projections 7 : film-makers on film-making in association with Cahiers du Cinéma / edited by John Boorman and Walter Donohue London: Faber & Faber, 1997. Call No: 802 PRO v.7 Author: Boorman, John, 1933; Donohue, Walter Place: London Publisher: Faber & Faber PubDate: 1997 PhysDes: x, 301 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm Subject: SCORSESE, MARTIN; CAPRA, FRANK; BARRON, BEBE; DORMAEL, JACO VAN; SCHOONMAKER, THELMA; DE NIRO, ROBERT; FORD, JOHN; ROCHA, GLAUBER; BERTOLUCCI, BERNARDO; RENOIR, JEAN; OPHULS, MAX; MASTROIANNI, MARCELLO; FERRARA, ABEL; ASSAYAS, OLIVIER; CURTIS, JAMIE LEE; LEIGH, JANET; BURNS, LILLIAN; GIRARDOT, HIPPOLYTE; MCDORMAND, FRANCES; MITCHUM, ROBERT; HODGSON, PIERRE; COX, BRIAN; CARON, LESLIE; SYMS, SYLVIA; WRIGHT, TERESA; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD; DE PALMA, BRIAN; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; LUCAS, GEORGE; Tarantino, Quentin; WALSH, RAOUL; HUSTON, JOHN; MCCAREY, LEO; Lupino, Ida; CASSAVETES, JOHN; WELLES, ORSON; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED; WOO, JOHN [pseud. of Wu Yusen]; DAFOE, WILLEM; SIRK, DOUGLAS; ALMEREYDA, MICHAEL; BOORMAN, JOHN; BAD LIEUTENANT (US, Abel Ferrara, 1992); CASINO (US, Martin Scorsese, 1995); TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976); MEAN STREETS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1973); NEW YORK, NEW YORK (US, Martin Scorsese, 1977); RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980); KING OF COMEDY, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1983); GOODFELLAS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1990); CAPE FEAR (US, Martin Scorsese, 1991); MANHUNTER (US, Michael Mann, 1986); L-SHAPED ROOM, THE (UK, Bryan Forbes, 1962); VICTIM (UK, Basil Dearden, 1961); SHADOW OF A DOUBT (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1943); FORBIDDEN PLANET (US, Fred McLeod Wilcox, 1956); DEAD MAN (US, Jim Jarmusch, 1995); CAHIERS DU CINEMA Notes: Filmography: p. 300-301 ISBN: 0571190332 LON: abn97280608; 13386768 More info
book		The real gaze : film theory after Lacan / Todd McGowan Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, c2007. Call No: 626[159.964.2] MCG Author: McGowan, Todd Place: Albany, NY Publisher: State University of New York Press PubDate: c2007 PhysDes: xii, 254 p. ; 24 cm. Subject: PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE CINEMA; LACAN, JACQUES; SPECTATORSHIP; KUBRICK, STANLEY; LEE, SPIKE; MANN, MICHAEL; FELLINI, FEDERICO; NOUVELLE VAGUE; WELLES, ORSON; DENIS, CLAIRE; NEOREALISM; HOWARD, RON; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK; TARKOVSKY, ANDREI; Wenders, Wim; LYNCH, DAVID Summary: "Historically film scholars have located the gaze on the side of the spectator; however, Todd McGowan positions it within the filmic image, where it has the radical potential to disrupt the spectator's sense of identity and challenege the foundations of ideology." -- from the back cover. McGowan makes the argument for his theory with reference to the works of several directors and film movements. Notes: Includes index. ISBN: 9780791470398 More info
book		Remapping cinema, remaking history : XIVth Biennial Conference of the Film and History Association of Australia and New Zealand: Refereed Abstracts / edited by Catherine Fowler and Rochelle Simmons Dunedin, NZ: University of Otago - Department of Media, Film & Communication, 2008. Call No: 45:93HIS Author: Film and History Associationof Australia and New Zealand Conference (14th : 2008 : Dunedin, NZ) Source: NZ Place: Dunedin, NZ Publisher: University of Otago - Department of Media, Film & Communication PubDate: 2008 PhysDes: v, 223 p. ; 21 cm Subject: CONFERENCES. AUSTRALIA. FILM AND HISTORY; HOLLYWOOD MEMORY IN FILMS; MOTION PICTURES EUROPEAN; MOTION PICTURES - HISTORY; NEW ZEALAND; ASHBY, HAL; SCHLESINGER, JOHN; HALL, CONRAD; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD; NICHOLS, MIKE; CIMINO, MICHAEL; ALTMAN, ROBERT; KUBRICK, STANLEY; HILL, WALTER; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; KAURISMAKI, AKI; MILLER, GEORGE; FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (US, William Friedkin, 1971); ONE FROM THE HEART (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1982); DAY OF THE LOCUST, THE (US, John Schlesinger, 1975); WITCHES OF EASTWICK, THE (US, George Miller, 1987); GODFATHER [...], THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972-); GRADUATE, THE (US, Mike Nichols, 1967); STREETS OF FIRE (US, Walter Hill, 1984); LONG GOODBYE, THE (US, Robert Altman, 1973); MCCABE AND MRS MILLER (US, Robert Altman, 1971); SHINING, THE (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1980); SUGARLAND EXPRESS, THE (US, Steven Spielberg, 1974); KENNY (AT, Clayton Jacobson, 2006); SYLVIA (NZ, Michael Firth, 1985); RED ROAD (UK/DK, Andrea Arnold, 2006); THIS IS ENGLAND (UK, Shane Meadows, 2006); STALINGRAD (GG, Joseph Vilsmaier, 1992); BAND OF BROTHERS (US, David Frannel & Tom Hanks & David Leland & Richard Loncraine & David Nutter & Phil Alden Robinson & Mikael Salomon & Tony To, 2001) Summary: The film and history conference is held every two years and is an opportunity for international scholars, archivists and filmmakers to present their thoughts on recent debates and events in the fields of film history, history and film, national and transnational cinemas, film theory, film practice, and the importance of cinema to specific communities Notes: "27-30 November 2008"- cover includes bibliographical reference and index ISBN: 9780473138899; 9780473148867 Contents: v.1 refereed abstracts/ edited by Catherine Fowler and Rochelle Simmons- v. 2 select refereed papers/ edited by Hilary Radner and Pam fosser; Part 1: Re-thinking Film History. 1. What's new about New Cinema History/ Kate Bowles and Richard Maltby--Part 2: Memory and History 2. Fixing visual memories and history: film and the Chinese Cultural Revolution/ Paul Clark-- 3. Folding History back on itself / Dirk de Bruyn -- 4. Testimony and Memory : rewriteable video memoirs / Stephen Goddard -- Part 3: Australia and New Zealand. 5. this land speaks for " Us" : the price of milk and the articulation of New Zealand's "Difficult" history/ Scott Wilson -- the location of referents: double time, atemporality and colonial heritage cinema/ Olivia Macassey -- Part 4: European Narratives. 7. Still in the shadows : reconsidering history through intertextual references in Aki Kaurismaki's European films/ Sanna Peden-- 8. Imaging/imagining a history of violence: Red Road and This is England/ Steven Allen--9. " I am not a Nazi": The past as present in portrayals of wartime German forces in Stalingrad and Band of Brothers/ Stephanie Cousineau--10. Neoliberalism and the fate of the collective in recent German cinema/ Simon Ryan-- Part 5: Music and Historical Representation-- 11. The representation of Rapanui 9 Easter Island) in feature film/ Dan Bendrups-- 12. Beating the East german blues: musical representations of freedom in Leander Haussmann's Sonnenallee and Michael Schorr's Schultze gets the Blues/ Andrew Wright Hurley--Part 6 : Historical Fictions? Documentary, Mockumentary and the Biopic--13. Getting the story crooked: Errol Morris and Narrativist Historiography/ Pam Fossen -- Kenny and Australian cinema in the Howard era/ Lisa Milner -- 15. The life of Lady Lazarus? An analysis of the film Sylvia as historical document/Bronwyn Polaschek-- Part 7: Considering Hollywood -- 16. Battling Hollywood: The 1930 Trade War between the New Zealand government and Hollywood/ David Newman -- 17. Reality and pictoriality : Hollywood style from the 1970s to the 1980s/ Paul Ramaeker More info
personality microfilm collection		Spielberg, Steven Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE; PERSONALITY MICROFILM COLLECTION PhysDes: Clippings; Study guide; Bibliography Subject: SPIELBERG, STEVEN More info
book		Steven Spielberg : the man, his movies, and their meaning / Philip M. Taylor New York: Continuum, 1992. Call No: 81SPI TAY Author: Taylor, Philip M Place: New York Publisher: Continuum PubDate: 1992 PhysDes: 176 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Subject: SPIELBERG, STEVEN; LUCAS, GEORGE; CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (US, Steven Spielberg, 1977); E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1982); COLOR PURPLE, THE (US, Steven Spielberg, 1985); HOOK (US, Steven Spielberg, 1991) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-172), filmography (p. [143]-169), and index ISBN: 0826406157 : $17.95 LON: 92010212; 8966119 More info
book		Steven Spielberg : the unauthorised biography / John Baxter London: HarperCollins, 1996. Call No: 81SPI BAX Author: Baxter, John Place: London Publisher: HarperCollins PubDate: 1996 PhysDes: xi, 457 p., [24] pages of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm Subject: SPIELBERG, STEVEN Notes: Includes index; Filmography: p. [425]-433; "Select bibliography": p. [435]-438 ISBN: 0002555875 LON: abn96126528; 12233430 More info
book		Steven Spielberg / Donald R. Mott, Cheryl McAllister Saunders Bromley, Kent: Columbus, 1986. Call No: 81SPI MOT Author: Mott, Donald R; Saunders, Cheryl McAllister Source: UK Place: Bromley, Kent Publisher: Columbus PubDate: 1986 PhysDes: xv, 199 p. ; 22 cm Series: Columbus filmmakers Subject: DIRECTORS; SUBURBS IN FILMS; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; LUCAS, GEORGE; CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (US, Steven Spielberg, 1977); DUEL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1972); E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1982); INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (US, Steven Spielberg, 1984); JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975); 1941 (US, Stephen Spielberg, 1979); POLTERGEIST (US, Tobe Hooper, 1982); RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (US, Steven Spielberg, 1981); SUGARLAND EXPRESS, THE (US, Steven Spielberg, 1974); TWILIGHT ZONE THE MOVIE (US, John Landis & Steven Spielberg & George Miller & Joe Dante, 1983) Summary: "Steven Spielberg (1947 - ) made his first film at the age of 12, and by age 27 his second film for the commercial cinema, JAWS, was breaking all existing box-office records. In the decade since then, his reputation as an inventive filmmaker with an unerring gift for knowing what will attract the paying customer has gone from strength to strength. Spielberg's technical assurance and gift for creating dazzling special effects are matched by his ability to interpret stories with the kind of pace and style that brooks no resistance. He has with some justification been called 'a magician in the age of the movies', yet despite his phenomenal success as a commercial filmmaker (no less than four of his films are among the top fifteen top money-making films of all time), he has been conspicuous by his absence in the lists of Academy Award winners. Is he, as some critics claim, merely the 'General Motors of kids movies', or will the next decade see him make a successful move into directing films with adult themes?" [Book blurb] Notes: American cinema films. Directing. Spielberg, Steven. - Critical studies (BNB/PRECIS); Includes Index; Bibliography: p. 170-176; Filmography: p. 177-187 ISBN: 0862872375 (pbk) : ª5.95 LON: bnb86287237; 4636614 More info
book		Steven Spielberg : interviews / edited by Lester D. Friedman and Brent Notbohm Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, c2000. Call No: 81SPI STE Author: Spielberg, Steven, 1947; Friedman, Lester D; Notbohm, Brent Source: US Place: Jackson Publisher: University Press of Mississippi PubDate: c2000 PhysDes: xxxii, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Series: Conversations with filmmakers series Subject: SPIELBERG, STEVEN Notes: A collection of interviews by various interviewers, 1974-1999; Includes index; Filmography: p. [xix]-xxxii ISBN: 1578061121 (cloth : alk. paper); 157806113X (paper : alk. paper) LON: 21027658 More info
book		Steven Spielberg / George Perry London: Orion, 1998. Call No: 81SPI PER Author: Perry, George Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Orion PubDate: 1998 PhysDes: 144 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 20 cm Subject: SPIELBERG, STEVEN; ALWAYS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1989); CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (US, Steven Spielberg, 1977); COLOR PURPLE, THE (US, Steven Spielberg, 1985); DUEL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1972); E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1982); EMPIRE OF THE SUN (US, Stephen Spielberg, 1987); HOOK (US, Steven Spielberg, 1991); INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (US, Steven Spielberg, 1989); INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (US, Steven Spielberg, 1984); JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975); JURASSIC PARK (US, Steven Spielberg,, 1993); LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK, THE (US, Steven Spielberg, 1997); 1941 (US, Stephen Spielberg, 1979); RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (US, Steven Spielberg, 1981); SCHINDLER'S LIST (US, Steven Spielberg, 1993); SUGARLAND EXPRESS, THE (US, Steven Spielberg, 1974); TWILIGHT ZONE THE MOVIE (US, John Landis & Steven Spielberg & George Miller & Joe Dante, 1983) ISBN: 0752811940 More info
book		What happens next : a history of American screenwriting / Marc Norman London: Aurum, 2007. Call No: 802.24 NOR Author: Marc Norman Edition: 2008 Place: London Publisher: Aurum PubDate: 2007 PhysDes: 554 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Subject: ACADEMY AWARDS; BLACKLISTING. USA; BEATTY, WARREN; BOGART, HUMPHREY; BRANDO, MARLON; CHAYEFSKY, PADDY; COLUMBIA PICTURES; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD; DEMILLE, CECIL B.; EDISON, THOMAS ALVA; FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT; GOLDWYN, SAMUEL; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK; MOTION PICTURE PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF AMERICA; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED; HUSTON, JOHN; JONZE, SPIKE; KEITEL, HARVEY; KOCH, HOWARD; KUBRICK, STANLEY; LARDNER, RING, Jr.; LOOS, ANITA; MANKIEWICZ, HERMAN J.; MANKIEWICZ, JOSEPH L.; MILIUS, JOHN; NICHOLSON, JACK; PENN, ARTHUR; PORTER, EDWIN S.; SCHRADER, PAUL; SOUTHERN, TERRY; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; STEWART, DONALD OGDEN; TARANTINO, QUENTIN; WEINSTEIN, HARVEY; ZANUCK, DARRYL F.; ZUKOR, ADOLPH; AMERICAN GRAFFITI (US, George Lucas, 1973); ALTERED STATES (US, Ken Russell, 1980); BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1915); BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967); CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (US, Steven Spielberg, 1977); EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper, 1969); INFORMER, THE (US, John Ford, 1935); RAIN PEOPLE, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1969); STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977) ISBN: 9781845133245 More info
book		Who killed Hollywood? : - and put the tarnish on tinseltown / Peter Bart Los Angeles, CA: Renaissance Books, c1999. Call No: 210.31(73) BAR Author: Bart, Peter Edition: 1st ed Source: US Place: Los Angeles, CA Publisher: Renaissance Books PubDate: c1999 PhysDes: 399 p. ; 24 cm Subject: HOLLYWOOD; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA; DIRECTORS. USA; PRODUCERS. USA; SCRIPTWRITERS. USA; ACTORS; BASS, RON; BEATTY, WARREN; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD; COSTNER, KEVIN; EISNER, MICHAEL; Gibson, Mel; GODFATHER [...], THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972-); KATZENBERG, JEFFREY; NICHOLS, MIKE; NICHOLSON, JACK; OVITZ, MIKE; POLANSKI, ROMAN; REDFORD, ROBERT; RIFKIN, ARNOLD; SCHWARZENEGGER, ARNOLD; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; STALLONE, SYLVESTER; WILDER, BILLY Summary: "Who killed hollywood? is a passionate love/hate letter to the film industry. In it, Peter Bart pulls together his best columns from Variety and GQ. He groups them, juxtaposes them, and interprets them, outlining in detail the history and inner workings of Hollywood. This could only be done by someone powerful enough to phone any star or head of studio and have his calls taken on the first ring. In story after story, Bart shows how the major studios haver diverted thie energies away from production of the shrewdly crafted pictures that once made the industry powerful. There isn't, for example, much range or innovation in the movies of salable objects- natural disasters, aliens, dinosaurs, ghosts, monsters, or any combination thereof. All are subjects easily parlayed into theme-park environments, action figures, video games, and clothing lines. Similarly, since Jaws twenty years ago, there's been a very short list of acceptable settings. The 1998 Academy Award nominations for best picture all went to films set in Elizabethian times or during World War II. A few years ago it looked as though Pulp Fiction and other independent films were going to save showbiz. Now independent producers like Miramax and New Line have been acquired by the conglomerates. Who and what will resurrect Hollywood? Peter Bart has the answers." - BOOK JACKET Notes: Includes index ISBN: 1580631169 LON: 21362029 More info

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