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Make Your Own Damn Movie!: Secrets of a Renegade Director
Lloyd Kaufman, Adam Jahnke, Trent Haaga · back to the book
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Include books by the same authorWith Nails: The Film Diaries Of Richard E. Grant
Richard E. Grant · 320 pages
An Unsuitable Boy
Karan Johar, Poonam Saxena · 352 pages
xiii, 216 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm
Stories I Only Tell My Friends
Rob Lowe · 344 pages
A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood.
Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey
Richard Ayoade · 320 pages
"Richard Ayoade - actor, writer, director, and amateur dentist - reflects on his cinematic legacy as only he can: in conversation with himself"--Publisher's description.
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell · 279 pages
"In 2003, an independent film called The Room--starring and written, produced, directed by a mysteriously wealthy social misfit of indeterminate age and origin named Tommy Wiseau--made its disastrous debut in Los Angeles. Described by one reviewer as "like getting stabbed in the head," the six-million-dollar film earned a grand total of $1800 at the box office and closed after two weeks. Ten years
Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980 to 1988
Michael Palin · 666 pages
This second volume of Michael Palin's diaries covers the 1980s, a decade in which the ties that bound the Pythons loosened as they forged their separate careers. After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, they made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful 'Monty Python's Meaning of Life'.
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Cary Elwes, Joe Layden · 272 pages
From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in *The Princess Bride*, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as author and screenwriter William Gol
It's Only a Movie: Reel Life Adventures of a Film Obsessive
Mark Kermode · 336 pages
Reel life adventures of a film obsessiveTo avoid fainting, keep repeatingIt's only a move..only a movie..only a movie..only a movieIf you grew up believing that Planet of the Apes told you all you needed to know about politics, that Slade in Flame was a savage expose of the pop world, and that The Exorcist revealed the meaning of life, then you probably spent far too many of your formative years a
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor
Bruce Campbell · 324 pages
Adventures in the Screen Trade
William Goldman · 425 pages
Includes an idea-to-film production case study of his short story, Da Vinci.
Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo
Werner Herzog · 306 pages
One of the most revered filmmakers of our time, Werner Herzog wrote this diary during the making of Fitzcarraldo, the lavish 1982 film that tells the story of a would-be rubber baron who pulls a steamship over a hill in the Amazon jungle in order to access a rich rubber territory. Later, Herzog spoke of his difficulties when making the film, including casting problems, reshoots, language barriers,
My Movie Business: A Memoir
John Irving · 176 pages
There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale - A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Lord of the Rings
Sean Astin, Joe Layden, Joe Layden
I Want It Now! a Memoir of Life on the Set of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Julie Dawn Cole · 250 pages
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Chronicles I: Art & Design
Daniel Falconer · 198 pages
A celebration of Peter Jackson's creative vision, packed with concept artwork and development paintings from his film The hobbit: an unexpected journey. Each artist provides detailed and entertaining commentary that reveals the story behind the vision.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Official Movie Guide
Brian Sibley · 167 pages
"Enter Bilbo Baggin's world through exclusive interviews with director Peter Jackson, Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and all the principal cast and filmmakers, who share film-making secrets and tales of what it was actually like making movie magic in Middle-earth. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of behind-the-scenes photos of the actors, locations, sets, creatures and costumes, this essential gu
Lynch on Lynch
David Lynch, Chris Rodley · 304 pages
Woody Allen on Woody Allen
Stig Bjorkman, Woody Allen · 312 pages
Woody Allen on Woody Allen is a unique self-portrait of this uncompromising filmmaker that offers a revealing account of his life and work. In a series of rare, in-depth interviews, Allen brings us onto the sets and behind the scenes of all his films. Woody Allen on Woody Allen is punctuated with his memories and opinions: afternoon movie-watching while growing up in Brooklyn; anecdotes about the
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
Christopher Vogler · 315 pages
The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebooks)
Emma Thompson · 287 pages
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Robert Evans · 480 pages
An autobiographical account of the life and times of Robert Evans, Hollywood producer who worked on Love Story, Rosemary's Baby, The Godfather, Marathon Man, Chinatown The Cottonwood Club and many other films.
The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
Jeff Kinney · 216 pages
It was a funny, vivid like book.It will make many people laugh it will leave people wanting more. It makes books as funny as the "Captain Underpants" series look like just words on pages.
Silent Bob Speaks: The Selected Writings
Kevin Smith · 352 pages
In this bawdy, over-the-top rant-fest, screenwriter and director Kevin Smith waxes rhapsodic and obnoxious on everything from his platonic infatuation with Ben Affleck to his bloodcurdling hatred of "Greasy" Reese Witherspoon, from his shocking diagnosis of morbid obesity to the simple pleasures of that cradle of civilization known as New Jersey.