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Author
Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
A biography of the director details his many films and describes how his unique and evocative gift for storytelling evolved from experiences in his own life, including his parents' divorce and his return to Judaism after his son was born.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
viii, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An intimate memoir by the controversial, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter about his privileged New York upbringing, volunteering for combat, and his struggles and triumphs making such landmark films as Platoon, Midnight Express, and Scarface"--
83) The Fabelmans
Language
English
Description
Young Sammy Fabelman falls in love with movies after his parents take him to see "The Greatest Show on Earth". Armed with a camera, Sammy starts to make his films at home, much to the delight of his supportive mother although his practical father has doubts.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Human migration is a defining issue of our time, yet the world's estimated 244 million migrants, particularly those deemed 'illegal,' are locked in a chaotic, circular debate about documents, assimilation and identity. This is an urgent, provocative, deeply personal account from a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist -- who also happens to be the most well-known undocumented immigrant in the United States. Brought to the U.S. illegally from the Phillipines...
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tracks maverick filmmaker Terry Gilliam's madcap mission to film "The man who killed Don Quixote". He struggles to complete his masterpiece, all the while beset by obstacles of such epic proportions that not even Hollywood could have concocted them. Capturing the mayhem on camera, filmmakers Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe are granted unlimited, behind-the-scenes access to Gilliam's frantic but inspired creation.
Author
Series
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xliii, 542 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Herzog was once hailed by Francois Truffaut as the most important director alive. Famous for his frequent collaborations with mercurial actor Klaus Kinski - including the epics Aguirre, the Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo, and the terrifying Nosferatu - and more recently with documentaries such as Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Into the Abyss, Herzog has built a body of work that is one of the most vital in post-war German cinema. Here, he...
88) One little lie
Author
Series
Pelican Harbor volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Jane Hardy is appointed interim sheriff in Pelican Harbor, Alabama, after her father retires, but there's no time for an adjustment period. When her father is arrested for theft and then implicated in a recent murder, Jane quickly realizes she's facing someone out to destroy the only family she has. After escaping with her father from a cult fifteen years ago, Jane has searched relentlessly for her mother--who refused to leave--ever since. Could...
91) I, Fellini
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1995.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
94) Be cool
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Chili Palmer is ready to move into the recording industry, but his next big singing star may have ties to the mob.
96) Benjamin
Publisher
Artsploitation Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A charmingly offbeat romantic dramedy about a mess-of-a-filmmaker juggling the anxieties and excitement of his upcoming film premiere with the fear and awkwardness of a burgeoning romance.
Author
Publisher
John Blake
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
xx, 313 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 1 color illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines the personal life, professional work, and success of the director of "Reservoir Dogs, " "Pulp Fiction, " "Jackie Brown, " and "Kill Bill."
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