Charlie Chaplin comes to life in this astonishing rags-to-riches saga of an irrepressible kid whose childhood was dealt from the bottom of the deck.
Motion picture producers and directors
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Author:Fleischman, SidSummary: -
Author:Lynch, DavidSummary:An unprecedented look into the personal and creative life of the visionary auteur David Lynch, through his own words and those of his closest colleagues, friends, and family ' adapted by David Lynch from the print book especially...
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Author:Ebert, RogerSummary:Roger Ebert’s criticism shows a nearly unequaled grasp of film history and technique, and formidable intellectual range...” —New York Times Pulitzer Prize–winning film critic Roger Ebert presents more than 600 full-length critical movie...
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Author:Golden, ChristopherSummary:A documentary film crew in Siberia encounters otherworldly beasts and inexplicable phenomena along a highway built over a massive graveyard, as if the ghosts of Stalin's victims were haunting them.
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Follows the career of self-centered, middle-aged film director Tom Richards. As he turns colorful incidents from his life into glittery, cinematic fiction, his foreboding dreams become all too real.
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Author:Crouse, RichardSummary:The story of one of the most controversial films in history
How did a movie by one of the most famous filmmakers in the world end up banned, censored, and shelved? Made by “the English Federico Fellini,” Ken Russell,...
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This is an exciting new collection sure to create ripples throughout Canadian film studies - an important new addition to the literature on Canadian screen culture. - Zoë Druick, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University Rain/...
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Playing with Memories is the first collection of scholarly essays on the work of internationally acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin. It offers perspectives on his career to date, from the early experimentation of The Dead Father (...
- Author:Abbott, JeffSummary:
Abbott's go-for-broke style is on full display in Panic, the tale of a man dodging threats on his life after his world is turned upside down. Evan Casher discovers his mother's murdered corpse and is then rescued from certain death by a...
- Author:Larison, JimSummary:
Jim and Elaine Larison spent years making environmental films for the National Geographic Society. This memoir tells the story behind the adventure and describes the rather substantial personal costs of this career.
- Author:Childs, LauraSummary:
It's Lights, Action, Murder as tea maven Theodosia Browning scrambles for clues in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series. When Theodosia Browning reads the tea leaves on the set of the movie, Dark...
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Author:Avrich, BarrySummary:A sharp and witty exposé of show business and notorious characters Barry Avrich is a Montreal-born, self-made film producer/director, flamboyant advertising executive, and legendary biographer and connector of moguls and stars. For over...
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Theo Snyder is at the end of his rope. One minute, he was on top of the world, his documentary film The Basement a massive critical and commercial hit, the next, he's crestfallen as his latest film is canceled after an embarrassingly...
- Author:Gaston, Bill, Steenhout, IvanSummary:
Ce roman nous transporte dans le monde fascinant du cinéma où règnent de véritables prestidigitateurs de l’image, capables de transformer toute réalité en illusion. Une actrice meurt sur un plateau de tournage. Accident ou meurtre en...
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Author:Rosebrook, Jeb Stuart, Rosebrook, JebSummary:A memoir from screenwriter Jeb Rosebrook about the making of a classic film of the American west. Released in 1972, Junior Bonner is a modern-day western about a young, drifting rodeo star who decides to raise money for his father's...
- Author:Woods, Stuart, Quertermous, BryonSummary:
Teddy Fay hedges his bets in the latest thriller from #1 New York Times -bestselling author Stuart Woods. When Peter Barrington and Ben Bachetti come under threat while working at a film festival abroad, Teddy Fay is lured to the...
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Author:Montalembert, Hugues de.Summary:The impressionistic memoir of an artist who was blinded in a sudden act of violence.
- Author:Steel, DanielleSummary:
In this riveting novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, a gifted young woman must grapple with the legacy of a troubled childhood in order to pursue her dreams. Antonia Adams is the product of a loveless...
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Author:Whittall, ZoeSummary:A dazzling portrait of twenty-somethings who grew up on text-messaging and the war on terror.In this robust, elegantly plotted, and ultimately life-affirming novel, Zoe Whittall presents a dazzling portrait of the Millennial Generation...
- Author:Sarin, VicSummary:
To Vic Sarin, film is a window to magic. Touching people with his art and celebrating the human side comes through in every chapter of this audiobook, just as is comes through in every one of his films. His trailblazing, gung-ho...
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