Steven Spielberg conceded a few years ago a very interesting but not widely know interview in which he explained a lot of things about his career, in special about the mythical making of Jaws. In his chat, He gives specifics…
Category: BOOKS on filmmaking
A few key books that will tell you how films are really made.
David Lynch: Thoughts from a Unique Filmmaker
The book Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood’s Golden Age: At the American Film Institute, by George Stevens Jr., was so successful that a sequel about (mostly) younger filmmakers was made, Conversations at the American Film Institute with the Great Moviemakers:…
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Great Moviemakers of Hollywood’s Golden Age: Pearls from Walsh, Vidor, Capra, and Hitchcock
Second post about the wonderful book Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood’s Golden Age: At the American Film Institute, by George Stevens Jr., which summarises a series of encounters at the AFI with legendary filmmakers. Martin Scorsese described the…
Great Moviemakers of Hollywood’s Golden Age: Harold Lloyd.
Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood’s Golden Age: At the American Film Institute is a unique book by George Stevens Jr., son of celebrated film director George Stevens. The volume summarises a series of encounters at the AFI with…
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The Big Goodbye: CHINATOWN and the Last Years of Hollywood
From the end of the 60s until the mid-70s: a fascinating period in American movies. The wonderful book The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood is in a way the story of this period. Mainly centered on…
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Monty Python on Monty Python, Part II: LIFE OF BRIAN
Bob McCabe wrote the book The Pythons’ Autobiography By The Pythons about the behind-the-curtains side of Monty Python‘s artistic life. Here we told about the making of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Now it’s the turn of Monty Python’s…
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Monty Python on Monty Python, Part I: THE HOLY GRAIL
Bob McCabe wrote the book The Pythons’ Autobiography By The Pythons unveiling the behind-the-scenes of Monty Python’s artistic life. This post and the next will specifically deal with their 2 most successful movies, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and…
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What Happened to Hollywood? (PART II): Marvel, Disney & Netflix
Desperately Seeking Franchises. We continue telling the story of a Hollywood upside down. In our second post devoted to the very relevant book The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies by Ben Fritz, we will find out…
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What Happened to Hollywood? (PART I): The New TV, China & franchises
The fight for the future of movies. Hollywood is upside down. The Hollywood of 2021 would never have been imagined in 2001. The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies is a great book, written by Ben Fritz,…
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Oliver Stone’s Great Autobiography is a Must
Oliver Stone is a film writer and a director with 3 Oscars on his shelf: Best Screenplay for Midnight Express (1978), and Best Director for Platoon (1986), and Born on the 4th of July (1989). After Midnight Express, his writing…
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