Making Movies by Sidney Lumet (English) Paperback Book

Description: Making Movies by Sidney Lumet From one of Americas most acclaimed directors comes a book that is both a professional memoir and a definitive guide to the art, craft, and business of the motion picture. Drawing on 40 years of experience on movies ranging from Long Days Journey Into Night to The Verdict, Lumet explains the painstaking labor that results in two hours of screen magic. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description ONE OF THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTERS 100 GREATEST FILM BOOKS OF ALL TIME • "Invaluable.... I am sometimes asked if there is one book a filmgoer could read to learn more about how movies are made and what to look for while watching them. This is the book." —Roger Ebert, The New York Times Book ReviewWhy does a director choose a particular script? What must they do in order to keep actors fresh and truthful through take after take of a single scene? How do you stage a shootout—involving more than one hundred extras and three colliding taxis—in the heart of New Yorks diamond district? What does it take to keep the studio honchos happy? From the first rehearsal to the final screening, Making Movies is a masters take, delivered with clarity, candor, and a wealth of anecdote. For in this book, Sidney Lumet, one of our most consistently acclaimed directors, gives us both a professional memoir and a definitive guide to the art, craft, and business of the motion picture. Drawing on forty years of experience on movies that range from Long Days Journey into Night to Network and The Verdict—and with such stars as Katharine Hepburn, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, and Al Pacino—Lumet explains how painstaking labor and inspired split-second decisions can result in two hours of screen magic. Author Biography Sidney Lumets films have received more than fifty Academy Award nominations. He has been nominated by the Directors Guild of America for Best Director seven times. In addition, he has received an honorary lifetime membership in the Directors Guild of America as well as its most prestigious award, the D. W. Griffith Award. In 1993, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Arts Club. His films have been shown in retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the American Museum of the Moving Image, the British Academy in London, and the Cinémathèque in Paris. He has also been honored by the French government as a Commander of Arts and Letters. He died in 2011. Review "Film would be a better place if every director were required to share with other romancers of film his process. It is a gift to us all that it is Sidney Lumet, one of Americans greatest filmmakers, who is sharing his point-of-view." —Stephen Spielberg"Invaluable. . . . I am sometimes asked if there is one book a filmgoer could read to learn more about how movies are made and what to look for while watching them. This is the book." —Roger Ebert, The New York Times Book Review "Remarkable . . . . as dignified as the movies [Lumet] has made and yet deeply felt and very moving. . . . Anyone who truly loves movies ought to read what he has to say about them. . . . Delightfully engrossing." —Los Angeles Times "The film bible from a master. It tells in meticulous detail the step-by-step process of making a movie. You feel youre on the set. A must." —Quincy Jones "Full of energy, enthusiasm and wisdom. . . . Its all engrossing because [Lumet] speaks so fervently and opinionatedly about matters on which he has earned the right to opinions." —The New Republic Review Quote "Film would be a better place if every director were required to share with other romancers of film his process. It is a gift to us all that it is Sidney Lumet, one of Americans greatest filmmakers, who is sharing his point-of-view." --Stephen Spielberg "Invaluable. . . . I am sometimes asked if there is one book a filmgoer could read to learn more about how movies are made and what to look for while watching them. This is the book." --Roger Ebert, The New York Times Book Review Details ISBN0679756604 Author Sidney Lumet Short Title MAKING MOVIES Pages 240 Language English ISBN-10 0679756604 ISBN-13 9780679756606 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1996 Imprint Vintage Books Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Series Vintage Residence New York City, NY, US Birth 1924 DOI 10.1604/9780679756606 UK Release Date 1996-03-19 AU Release Date 1996-03-19 NZ Release Date 1996-03-19 US Release Date 1996-03-19 Publisher Random House USA Inc Publication Date 1996-03-19 DEWEY 791.43023309 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:2625415;

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