Film

Academic Films for the Classroom
A History
by Geoff Alexander

 by John Gregory Dunne
Behind the Scenes with the film "Up Close and Personal" (1996)
 starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert Redford. 
How the script developed. It took eight years to get the film made.

In 1967, John Gregory Dunne asked for unlimited access
to the inner workings of Twentieth Century Fox. 
Miraculously, he got it. 
For one year, Dunne went everywhere and talked to everyone in the studio.


The Studio

Photo by Naomi Eszterhas

Joe Eszterhas

American Rhapsody

The Devil's Guide to Hollywood

Hollywood Animal
 

The Film Club
by David Gilmour


The perfect book for all film buffs...
You will experience a nostalgia
for all the best films you've ever seen,
and you will discover some you
may have inadvertently missed.

A Star Is Found
Our Adventures Casting Some of Hollywood's Biggest Movies
by Janet Hirshenson and Jane Jenkins

An in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at casting for films.
What are the challenges, what do casting directors look for,
what is the process of selecting actors for a film.

Hollywood Dressed & Undressed:
A Century of Cinema Style
By Sandy Schreier

A very humorous book
 about the costume designers and
the people who wore the clothes

 

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