On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director
By: Alexander Mackendrick
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
An invaluable analysis of the director's art and craft, from one of the most revered of all film sc…
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1. On Palestine
By: Noam Chomsky , Ilan Pappé
4.25
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Operation Protective Edge, Israel's most recent assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dea… read more
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"It's quite standard for those who hold the clubs to say: "Forget about everything that happened and let's just go on from here." In other words, "I've got what I want, and out forget about what your …"-Noam Chomsky, On Palestine
"How, then, does one become an activist? The easy answer would be to say that we do not become activists; we simply forget that we are. We are all born with compassion, generosity, and love for others…"-Noam Chomsky, On Palestine
2. Naked Lunch
By: William S. Burroughs , Barry Miles , James Grauerholz
3.46
Format: 289 pages, Paperback
The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes. Burroughs stated that the chapte… read more
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"Exterminate all rational thought"-William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
"O death where is thy sting? The man is never on time..."-William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
"When he smiled the fear flew away in little pieces of light..."-William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
"And all that I was before is out there in the darkness looking for me."-William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
3. How Should a Person Be?
By: Sheila Heti
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the internationally acclaimed author of The Middle Storiesand Ticknorcomes a bold interrogatio… read more
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4. Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story
By: John Yorke
1.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
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5. Perdido Street Station (Bas-Lag, #1)
By: China Miéville
3.80
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies the city of New Crobuzon, where th… read more
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6. The Elements of Style
By: E.B. White , William Strunk Jr.
4.18
Format: 105 pages, Hardcover
This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. Throughout, the emphasis is … read more
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"He owned"-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"To achieve style, begin by affecting none."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"Writers will often find themselves steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"When a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
7. Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
By: Blake Snyder
3.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran … read more
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8. 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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9. On Directing Film
By: David Mamet
3.18
Format: 159 pages,
According to David Mamet, a film director must, above all things, think visually. Most of this inst… read more
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10. The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
By: John Truby
4.26
Format: 445 pages, Hardcover
John Truby is one of the most respected and sought-after story consultants in the film industry, an… read more
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"Audiences love both the feeling part (reliving the life) and the thinking part (figuring out the puzzle) of a story. Every good story has both."-John Truby, The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
"No individual element in your story, including the hero, will work unless you first create it and define it in relation to all the other elements."-John Truby, The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
"Good storytelling lets the audience relive events in the present so they can understand the forces, choices, and emotions that led the character to do what he did."-John Truby, The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
"The story world isn't a copy of life as it is. It's life as human beings imagine it could be. It is human life condensed and heightened so that the audience can gain a better understanding of how lif…"-John Truby, The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
11. Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
By: Robert Rodríguez
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
In Rebel Without a Crew, famed independent screenwriter and director Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Si… read more
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12. A Place of Greater Safety
By: Hilary Mantel
4.80
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
It is 1789, and three young provincials have come to Paris to make their way. Georges-Jacques Danto… read more
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13. Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen
By: None
3.96
Format: None pages, Paperback
This international best-seller is filled with visual techniques for filmmakers and screenwriters wh… read more
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14. Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer
By: Paul Schrader
4.54
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
The acclaimed director of Mishima, American Gigolo, Hard Core, Blue Collar, Cat People also the scr… read more
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15. In the Blink of an Eye
By: Francis Ford Coppola , Walter Murch
3.00
Format: 18 pages,
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16. 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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17. Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
By: Robert McKee
4.29
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring no… read more
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18. 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
19. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
By: Quentin Tarantino
3.88
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited first work of fiction — at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal —… read more
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"What’s the secret?"-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
"Sharon has such a sunny presence that whenever she blocks out the sun, the effect is chilling."-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
"Due to Cliff's good looks, he'd been manipulating women to do things against their best interests his whole life."-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
"Foreign films, Cliff thought, were more like novels. They didn't care if you liked the main character or not. And Cliff found that intriguing."-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
20. Heavy
By: Kiese Laymon
4.48
Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition
In this powerful and provocative memoir, genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon explores … read more
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"The violent white backlash to Obama’s victory will still be unlike anything we’d ever seen..."-Kiese Laymon, Heavy
"Y'all taught me that unacknowledged scars accumulated in battles won often hurt more than battles lost."-Kiese Laymon, Heavy
"Even when I know you're lying to me, I just feel crazy sorry for you. Why? Because I can just tell you'll never let me carry what you're hiding."-Kiese Laymon, Heavy
"The nation as it is currently constituted has never dealt with a yesterday or tomorrow where we were radically honest, generous, and tender with each other."-Kiese Laymon, Heavy
21. On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director
By: Alexander Mackendrick
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
An invaluable analysis of the director's art and craft, from one of the most revered of all film sc… read more
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