Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece
By: Michael Benson
4.40
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the film’s release, this is the definitive story of the mak…
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"If you can describe it, I can film it."-Michael Benson, Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece
"In a 1972 story titled “The Big Space Fuck,"-Michael Benson, Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece
"In a 1972 story titled “The Big Space Fuck,"-Michael Benson, Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece
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1. Rogue Moon
By: Algis Budrys
3.93
Format: 233 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Rogue Moon is a short sf novel by Algis Budrys, published in 1960. It was a 1961 Hugo Award nominee… read more
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2. The Fountains of Paradise
By: Arthur C. Clarke
3.95
Format: 332 pages, Paperback
This Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel is reissued in this trade paperback edition. Vannemar Morg… read more
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3. George Lucas: A Life
By: Brian Jay Jones
4.40
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of one of the most influential filmmakers ever--George Lucas. On May 25, 1… read more
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4. Making Movies
By: Sidney Lumet
5.00
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
From one of America's most acclaimed directors comes a book that is both a professional memoir and … read more
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5. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
By: Arthur C. Clarke
4.17
Format: 297 pages, Paperback
On the Moon, an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications of this discovery that for th… read more
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"My God -- it's full of stars! -Dave Bowman."-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
"Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly."-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
". . . the newspapers of Utopia, he had long ago decided, would be terribly dull."-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
"Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything."-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
6. 2010: Odyssey Two
By: Arthur C. Clarke
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
When 2001: A Space Odyssey first shocked, amazed, and delighted millions in the late 1960s, the nov… read more
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"Humor was the enemy of desire."-Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: Odyssey Two
"It must be wonderful to be seventeen, and to know everything."-Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: Odyssey Two
"Men knew better than they realized, when they placed the abode of the gods beyond the reach of gravity."-Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: Odyssey Two
"They had not yet attained the stupefying boredom of omnipotence; their experiments did not always succeed."-Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: Odyssey Two
7. Hitchcock
By: Alfred Hitchcock , François Truffaut
4.29
Format: 144 pages,
Any book-length interview with Alfred Hitchcock is valuable, but considering that this volume's int… read more
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8. Vineland
By: Thomas Pynchon
2.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
A group of Americans in Northern California in 1984 are struggling with the consequences of their l… read more
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9. Stanley Kubrick and Me
By: Simon Marsh , None , Filippo Ulivieri
4.00
Format: 131 pages,
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10. Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
By: Mark Harris
4.10
Format: None pages,
Explores the epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 19… read more
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11. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
12. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
By: Werner Herzog
4.25
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more
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13. Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road
By: Kyle Buchanan
4.33
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max:… read more
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14. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage
By: Nick de Semlyen
4.12
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more
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15. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
By: Matt Singer
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more
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16. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather
By: Mark Seal
4.36
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
This “wickedly pacey page-turner” (Total Film) unfurls the behind-the-scenes story of the making of… read more
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17. Room to Dream
By: David Lynch
4.33
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In this memoir, David Lynch - co-creator of Twin Peaks and writer and director of groundbreaking fi… read more
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"Ultimately, each life is a mystery until we each solve the mystery, and that's where we are all headed whether we know it or not."-David Lynch, Room to Dream
"I don't know how I got to that thing of not caring what other people think, but it's a good thing. The thing is, you fall in love with ideas and it's like falling in love with a girl. It could be a g…"-David Lynch, Room to Dream
18. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
By: George Stephanopoulos
4.45
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more
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19. The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood
By: Sam Wasson
4.09
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and Fosse comes the revelator… read more
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20. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
By: Michael Schulman
4.09
Format: 589 pages, Hardcover
The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more
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21. Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
By: Brian Raftery
4.07
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of … read more
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22. The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story
By: Sam Wasson
3.80
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and The Big Goodbye returns with t… read more
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23. Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius
By: Carrie Courogen
3.92
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"A deeply researched, psychologically astute new biography of May by Carrie Courogen...The book is … read more
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24. Hollywood: The Oral History
By: Jeanine Basinger
4.04
Format: 768 pages, Paperback
The real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine … read more
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25. Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century
By: Dana Stevens
4.19
Format: 432 pages, ebook
Named a Best Book of 2022 by The New Yorker, Publishers Weekly, and NPR In this genre-defying work … read more
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26. Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece
By: Michael Benson
4.40
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the film’s release, this is the definitive story of the mak… read more
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"If you can describe it, I can film it."-Michael Benson, Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece
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"What we want is a smashing theme of mythic grandeur."-Michael Benson, Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece
"As for HAL singing “Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two),"-Michael Benson, Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece
27. Kubrick: An Odyssey
By: Robert P. Kolker
4.26
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of the creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey , The Shining , and A Clockwork Or… read more
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28. Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven’s Gate, and the Price of a Vision
By: Charles Elton
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The “revelatory” ( The New Yorker ) first biography of critically acclaimed then critically derided… read more
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29. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
By: Emily Nussbaum
4.02
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more
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30. A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More
By: Paul Hirsch
4.21
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
"For its sheer excellence, diversity, and cultural impact, Paul Hirsch's filmography speaks for its… read more
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31. Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film
By: Robert P. Kolker
3.90
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Twenty years since its release, Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut remains a complex, visually arrest… read more
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