Spielberg, Truffaut & Me: An Actor's Diary
By: Bob Balaban
4.10
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The actor's diary offers a behind-the-scenes look at Steven Spielberg at work and a portrait of the…
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1. The Making of Star Wars
By: J.W. Rinzler , Peter Jackson
4.56
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
After the 1973 success of American Graffiti, filmmaker George Lucas made the fateful decision to pu… read more
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2. The Jaws Log
By: Peter Benchley , Carl Gottlieb
3.00
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
To coincide with the 30th anniversary of the now-classic Steven Spielberg film, a new expanded edit… read more
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3. The Buried Giant
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
3.58
Format: 317 pages, Hardcover
"You've long set your heart against it, Axl, I know. But it's time now to think on it anew. There's… read more
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"Are you still there, Axl?"-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant
"The Giant, once buried, now stirs."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant
"The Giant, once well buried, now stirs."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant
"A wound that healed slowly, but heal it did."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant
4. Nightmares and Dreamscapes
By: Stephen King
3.94
Format: None pages, Paperback
Many people who write about horror literature maintain that mood is its most important element. Kin… read more
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5. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
By: Peter Biskind
4.12
Format: None pages,
This down-and-dirty romp through Hollywood in the 1970s introduces the young filmmakers--Coppola, S… read more
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6. Our Man in Havana
By: Graham Greene
3.00
Format: 50 pages, Paperback
Mr. Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of powercuts, becomes a spy to earn extra income. read more
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7. The Making of Return of the Jedi (Star Wars: The Making of, #3)
By: J.W. Rinzler
4.04
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
This is the definitive behind-the-scenes look at the making of the final film in the original Star … read more
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8. That Was Then, This Is Now
By: S.E. Hinton
4.33
Format: 25 pages,
Does growing up have to mean growing apart? Since childhood, Bryon and Mark have been as close as b… read more
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9. 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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10. Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
By: Arthur C. Clarke
4.12
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is h… read more
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"He had a suspicion of plausible answers; they were so often wrong."-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
"In these latter days, knighthood was an honor few Englishmen escaped."-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
"If such a thing had happened once, it must surely have happened many times in this galaxy of a hundred billion suns."-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
"Yes, it made sense, and was so absurdly simple that it would take a genius to think of it. And, perhaps, someone who did not expect to do it himself."-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
11. Christine
By: Stephen King , None
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
"This is the story of a lover's triangle...It was bad from the start. And it got worse in a hurry."… read more
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12. 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
13. Heat 2
By: Michael Mann
4.26
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
Michael Mann, four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat, Collateral, Thief, M… read more
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14. Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever
By: Nick de Semlyen
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic funnymen who ruled '80s Hollywood—Bill Murray, Steve Mart… read more
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"Sometimes you gotta say "What the fuck". If you can't say it, you can't do it."-Nick de Semlyen, Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever
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. 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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17. Chasing The Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game
By: Oliver Stone
4.10
Format: 373 pages, ebook
An intimate memoir by the controversial and outspoken Oscar-winning director and screenwriter about… read more
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"No greater satisfaction exists now than a paragraph well written in honor of something you value."-Oliver Stone, Chasing The Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game
"Destiny is never clear when it arrives. Sometimes we just refuse to do what we no longer feel good about doing. These moments are mysteries in our lives, but we know everything will change."-Oliver Stone, Chasing The Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game
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18. Paul Simon: The Life [Deckle Edge]
By: Robert Hilburn
3.94
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A publishing event from music legend Paul an intimate, candid, and definitive biography written wi… read more
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"HAS TURNED OUT NOT TO BE A CARPETBAGGER, BUT A CONNOISSEUR, AND, AT BEST. AN ALCHEMIST."-Robert Hilburn, Paul Simon: The Life [Deckle Edge]
"PAUSING BRIEFLY, SIMON, WHO TOLD AN INTERVIEWER IN THE 1980S THAT HE FOUND IT HARD TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GOOD TIMES IN HIS LIFE, SHOWED NO RELUCTANCE ADDING, "I'M GRATEFUL FOR MY LIFE."-Robert Hilburn, Paul Simon: The Life [Deckle Edge]
"HE HAS MANAGED TO BECOME NEITHER A WIZENED ORACLE NOR AN OLDIES ACT, AND HIS BEST SONGS CONVEY THE APPEALING SENSATION OF LISTENING TO A GUY WHO IS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HE'S DOING."-Robert Hilburn, Paul Simon: The Life [Deckle Edge]
"I THINK THE PSYCHE COMES UP WITH ALL KINDS OF CONTRIVANCES TO PROTECT WHAT IT THINKS IS VULNERABLE. AND SOMETIMES THOSE CONTRIVANCES ARE THAT YOU STAY IN A STATE OF UNHAPPINESS. OR VICTIMIZATION."-Robert Hilburn, Paul Simon: The Life [Deckle Edge]
19. Once Upon a Galaxy: A Journal of the Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
By: Alan Arnold
4.15
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
A diary of the production of the Star Wars sequel includes interviews with the principal actors, th… read more
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20. Spielberg, Truffaut & Me: An Actor's Diary
By: Bob Balaban
4.10
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The actor's diary offers a behind-the-scenes look at Steven Spielberg at work and a portrait of the… read more
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21. Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Ultimate Visual History
By: Michael Klastorin
4.59
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi classic Close Encounters of the Thi… read more
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