(pictorial hard cover; no dust jacket, as issued) [bright, clean and flawless]. (B&W/color photographs, illustrations) Sumptuously-produced album, produced as an expression of appreciation to the many people who contributed to the creation of the 1997 Disney animated feature HERCULES (not one of the studio's most financially successful efforts, but no matter). A prefatory note, over the signatures (printed, NOT original) of Alice Dewey (producer) and John Musker and Ron Clements (producers and co-directors), states: "We want to thank all the people in this book for giving it their all, going ... View More...
[light shelfwear to edges and extremities, a bit of foxing on endpapers; jacket has a shallow chip at top left corner of front panel, also a little paper loss at top right corner, a couple of little nicks at top edge of rear panel, minor edgewear elsewhere, light soiling to rear panel]. (B&W/color photographs, line drawings) An indispensible guide to lighting for photography, by one of Hollywood's master cinematographers. The emphasis is on motion picture lighting, of course, but most of the techniques can be applied as well to still photography. Per the author's introduction, the book inclu... View More...
[traces of edgewear, some small indentations on front cover]. Transcripts of sessions of this two-day symposium (April 27-28, 1995), during which various prominent film artists, movie executives, business community leaders, scholars and lawmakers participated in panels, presentations, open discussions, and demonstrations of new technology, designed to comprehensively examine the many perspectives of the complex issue of artists rights and film art protection. Participants included James Cameron (the luncheon speaker on the first day; there is a 16-page transcript of his remarks), Allen Daviau... View More...
[nice clean copy, no discernible wear to book; jacket is mildly scuffed, has a faded strip along top edge of front and rear panels, and appears a bit faded (or color-shifted) at the spine as well]. (photographs, drawings, etc.) This lavishly-illustrated book "takes you on a rare and remarkable journey that reveals the planning, the thinking, and most of all, the imagining that went into this extraordinary film. Based on interviews with all its major collaborators, including actors, animators, directors, and special-effects experts, this book draws back the veil that so often conceals the crea... View More...
[minor shelfwear to book, slight sun-browning to bottom edges of boards; jacket lightly rubbed and a bit soiled, tiny chip at top of spine, some edgewear along spine, soiling to edges of rear flap]. (B&W photographs) "This is the story of a movie from inception to release, for both fans and students of the cinema" -- the movie in question being Otto Preminger's ANATOMY OF A MURDER, which was filmed primarily on location in Michigan. The preface is by Robert Traver, author of the book on which the movie was based. It's quite a comprehensive look at the development of a film from the a... View More...
[good solid copy, light dust-soiling and age-toning to edges of text block; jacket spine is discolored and lightly-spotted (title now barely readable), lightly dampstained across top of spine, with miscellaneous edgewear and sun-browning, very shallow chipping at top of front panel]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the ffep: "For Bill / Who knows that 'it / takes more than talent' / because he has plenty of / it. / Thanks for everything / Mervyn / 1953." Not an autobiography, although the veteran producer-director does draw on his own experiences (and tells "the intimate sto... View More...
[extremely light foxing to edges of text block, otherwise a nice book with no significant wear; jacket a teensy bit rubbed, tiny piece torn off lower corner of front flap, faint soiling to the all-white rear panel]. (B&W photographs) The first British edition of this highly-regarded primer on the basics of movie-making. For several years, beginning in the Fall of 1967, Lewis taught a graduate seminar at the University of Southern California cinema school; this book, derived from hundreds of hours of tape recordings made during his classes, is a distillation of all the wisdom dispensed by Jer... View More...
[the slightest bit of handling wear to book; jacket a teensy bit rubbed but with no tears or other blemishes]. (B&W photographs, line drawings) INSCRIBED ("For ___ / Best Wishes") and SIGNED by Terry Gilliam, with a small connected cartoon drawing, on the half-title page. "The real story of Terry Gilliam's victory over Hollywood to release his landmark film," including his annotated screenplay. Signed by Notable Personage, Related View More...
[book is as new, with no discernible wear; jacket shows only light handling wear, hardly noticeable]. A collection of "essays on all aspects of the motion picture industry by leading authorities in political economy, economics, accounting, finance, and marketing. Topics include the estimation of theatrical and ancillary demand, profitability studies, resolution of evident paradoxes in studio executive behavior, interaction of the industry and government, impacts of the most recent changes in accounting standards, and the role and importance of participation contracts. New results includ... View More...
[no significant wear to book, just a teeny-tiny stain at the bottom right corner of the front cover; jacket slightly faded at spine, faint soiling to front panel]. Behind-the-scenes story of the production of the notorious Bob Guccione/ Penthouse feature CALIGULA, "by the young First Assistant Director who saw it all, did it all, and somehow lived to tell the tale. From the incredible start to the gory finish, from the shocking street scenes to the biggest orgies ever staged, it is the story of art surpassing reality. For in filming the story of Rome's most depraved Emperor who would do liter... View More...
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