3-D Hollywood
Simon & Schuster, November 1992. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Foxing on first and last page. Date written in pen on front endpaper. No 3D glasses supplied (does not say if they were ever included). More
Film/TV
Film Policy (Culture: Policy and Politics)
Routledge, October 1996. Trade Paperback. Film Policy is the first comprehensive overview of the workings of the international film industry. The authors examine film cultures and film policy across the world, explaining why Hollywood cinema dominates the global film market, and the effects of the rise of television and video..... More
Joss Whedon's Dollhouse: Confounding Purpose, Confusing Identity (Science Fiction Television)
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, May 2014. Hardcover. Although it lasted barely more than a season, Dollhouse continues to intrigue viewers as one of Joss Whedon's most provocative forays into television. The program centered on men and women who have their memories and personalities repeatedly wiped and replaced with new ones..... More
Lonely Places, Dangerous Ground: Nicholas Ray in American Cinema (SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema)
SUNY Press, February 2014. Hardcover. The director of such classic Hollywood films as In a Lonely Place, Johnny Guitar, and Rebel Without a Cause, Nicholas Ray nevertheless remained on the margins of the American studio system throughout his career, and despite his cult status among auteurist critics and cinephiles, he..... More
The Making of 2001: A Space Odyssey (Modern Library Movies)
Modern Library, March 2000. Trade Paperback. "If 2001 has stirred your emotions, your subconscious, your mythological yearnings, then it has succeeded."--Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick's extraordinary movie 2001: A Space Odyssey was released in 1969. The critics initially disliked it, but the public loved it. And eventually, the film took its..... More
One Step Beyond Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family...Continued Yet Again
HarperCollins Publishers, October 2005. Oversize Softcover. Filled with fun facts, quirky quotes, and memorable moments, The Simpsons One Step Beyond Forever: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (Seasons 13 and 14) guarantees a gaggle of giggles and guffaws for the most devoted fan or even the occasional viewer of..... More
Samuel Fuller: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series)
University Press of Mississippi, May 2012. Hardcover. "Show it! Two little words. It's better than five hundred words of discussion." In the early twentieth century, the art world was captivated by the totally original paintings of Henri Rousseau, who, seemingly without formal art training, produced works that astonished not only..... More
Stan Brakhage: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series)
University Press of Mississippi, March 2017. Hardcover. In this volume, editor Suranjan Ganguly collects nine of Stan Brakhage's most important interviews in which the filmmaker describes his conceptual frameworks; his theories of vision and sound; the importance of poetry, music, and the visual arts in relation to his work; his..... More
Near Dark (BFI Film Classics)
British Film Institute, October 2020. Paper Back. First released in 1987, Near Dark is a vampire film set in the contemporary American Midwest that tells the story of Caleb, a half-vampire trying to decide whether to embrace his vampire nature or return to his human family. The film, an early..... More
All the Pieces Matter
Crown Archetype, February 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. The definitive oral history of the iconic and beloved TV show The Wire, as told by the actors, writers, directors, and others involved in its creation. Since its final episode aired in 2008, HBO's acclaimed crime drama The Wire has only become more..... More
Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon (Concise)
Oxford University Press, USA, July 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. In its seven years on television, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has earned critical acclaim and a massive cult following among teen viewers. One of the most distinguishing features of the program is the innovative way the show's writers play with language..... More
The Afterlife of Genre: Remnants of the Trauerspiel in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Punctum Books, February 2014. Paper Back. 12mo. Gently read. Clean, sound, no markings. More
Agee on film: Five film scripts by James Agee (BP 173)
Beacon Press, 1964. Paper Back. Clean, sound, without markings. No underlining. No side-notes. Very good+ reading copy. More
Robert Altman's NASHVILLE
Bantam Books, New York, January 1976. First Edition. Mass Market PaperBack. Spine a tad sunned and creased; minimal wear to rest of book. Overall, a clean, attractive, tight and square copy. More
Marilyn, mon amour: The private album of Andre de Dienes, her preferred photographer
St. Martin's Press, January 1985. First American. Oversized Hardcover. Corners lightly bumped on jacket. Foxing on cloth cover and endpapers. Date written in pen on front endpaper. More
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Documentary Film
Ballantine Books, April 1979. First Edition. Oversize Softcover. First printing. More
When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today
Harper, March 2021. Hardcover. Must-Read Book of March --Entertainment Weekly Best Books of March --HelloGiggles "Leaps at the throat of television history and takes down the patriarchy with its fervent, inspired prose. When Women Invented Television offers proof that what we watch is a reflection of who we are as..... More
Polanski: His Life and Films
Hamish Hamilton, January 1982. Trade Paperback. More
The Gangster Film (Screen Series)
A. ZWEMMER Ltd., & A.S. Barnes & Co., 1970. Paper Back. (6' x 8') Well worn, curled fore-edge on cover. (160 pages) Front cover color still of Faye Dunaway & Warren Beatty in Bonnie and Clyde (1967 film, directed by Arthur Penn). Back cover B&W still of James Cagney &..... More
The South Never Plays Itself: A Film Buff’s Journey Through the South on Screen
NewSouth Books, December 2020. Hardcover. Beard knows how to turn a phrase ... blending personal tales and family history into his critical analysis of the South on film. -- Library Journal From The Birth of a Nation to Forrest Gump, from the bayou to the Appalachians, American filmmakers have been..... More
Dont Look Back (BFI Film Classics)
British Film Institute, July 2016. Paper Back. Dont Look Back, a documentary film of Bob Dylan's 1965 England tour, is recognised as a landmark work in the field of documentary film-making, contributing to the cultural life of an era. This text examines the aesthetic, thematic and social dynamics of the..... More
Kate Remembered
Putnam Adult, July 2003. Hardcover. For seven decades Katharine Hepburn played a leading role in the popular culture of the twentieth century -- reigning as an admired actress, a beloved m ovie star, and a treasured icon of the modern American woman. She also remained one of the most private..... More
Scenes from a Marriage -- Six Dialogues for Television
Bantam Books, October 1974. Mass Market PaperBack. Clean, sound. Overall very good+/fine. First mass market printing of Bergman's groundbreaking screenplay for the miniseries. It would now probably be called a limited series. It was first aired in Sweden as a six part television series, total running time = 282 minutes..... More
Fanny and Alexander: The full text of Bergman's last, great film.
Pantheon, May 1983. First Thus. Paper Back. First American Edition. Previous owner's 'From the Library of' type emblem blind-stamped half title page. There is an inked signature on this same page and also on the page opposite the copyright page. (216 pages) Overall very good+. More
