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The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made : Fifty Masterpieces from Hollywood That Never Made It to the Big Screenby Chris GoreISBN 031220082X (0-312-20082-X)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain, James Phelan, Gerald GraffISBN 0312400292 (0-312-40029-2)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'Book summary:A seminal work of American Literature that still commands deep praise and still elicits controversy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is essential to the understanding of the American soul. The recent discovery of the first half of Twain's manuscript, long thought lost, made front-page news. And this unprecedented edition, which contains for the first time omitted episodes and other variations present in the first half of the handwritten manuscript, as well as facsimile reproductions of thirty manuscript pages, is indispensable to a full understanding of the novel. The changes, deletions, and additions made in the first half of the manuscript indicate that Mark Twain frequently checked his impulse to write an even darker, more confrontational book than the one he finally published. [via]
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Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psychoby Stephen RebelloISBN 0312207859 (0-312-20785-9)
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Anatomy of a Murderby Robert TraverISBN 0312912781 (0-312-91278-1)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Ava Gardner: Love Is Nothingby Lee ServerISBN 0312312105 (0-312-31210-5)
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Before Sunriseby Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan, Gabriela BrandensteinISBN 0312133456 (0-312-13345-6)
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The Best American Movie Writing, 1999by Peter Bogdanovich, Jason ShinderISBN 0312244932 (0-312-24493-2)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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The Best Dvds You've Never Seen, Just Missed, or Almost Forgotten: A Guide for the Curious Film Loverby Peter M. Nichols, A. O. ScottISBN 0312343620 (0-312-34362-0)
Softcover, Griffin
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At last, a guide for you.
A.O. Scott
Stephen Holden
Caryn James
Dave Kehr
Peter M. Nichols
If just trudging to the latest Hollywood blockbuster doesn't appeal to you, The Best DVDs You've Never Seen, Narrowly Missed or Almost Forgotten is the perfect companion. Inside, the film critics of The New York Times have made their top choices for those movies that are unjustly obscure, overlooked or just plain forgotten.
* Newly updated reviews of 500 films---all available on DVD!
* Sophisticated, intelligent, entertaining, provoking---these films run the gamut.
* Each critic's top 10 picks from the book
* Introduction by A. O. Scott, chief movie critic for The New York Times
The perfect gift for any serious movie buff, no matter what they prefer, from Waiting for Guffman to Happy, Texas, The Opposite of Sex to Belle Epoque. Film noir, documentaries, drama, Westerns, animation, comedies, foreign films, even a few must-see TV shows on DVD---The Best DVDs You've Never Seen, Narrowly Missed or Almost Forgotten has it all.More editions of The Best Dvds You've Never Seen, Just Missed, or Almost Forgotten: A Guide for the Curious Film Lover:
Bruce Lee: The Tao of the Dragon Warriorby Louis ChunovicISBN 0312142900 (0-312-14290-0)
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Charles Dickens' Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens, Janice CarlisleISBN 0312127979 (0-312-12797-9)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mindby Chuck BarrisISBN 0312162146 (0-312-16214-6)
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Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noirby Eddie MullerISBN 0312180764 (0-312-18076-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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David Boreanazby Chris NicksonISBN 0312973616 (0-312-97361-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'David Boreanaz'Book summary:Sink your teeth into Hollywood's hottest young actor[via]
As the intense, brooding Angel on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, David Boreanaz is a 243-year-old vampire struggling with the forces of good and evil within himself. But in real life, other than his arresting good looks and rugged sexiness, David has little in common with Angel. Unlike Angel, David is not afraid of daylight, prefers sporty duds to Angel's all-black wardrobe, and-oh, yeah-David happens to be a friendly, normal laid-back guy. Find out what life is like behind the scenes for this hunky actor-how he gets along with his Buffy co-stars, the story on his new spinoff series Angel, how he spends his free time, and much, much more!More editions of David Boreanaz:
Don't Look Downby Bob Mayer, Jennifer CrusieISBN 0312938519 (0-312-93851-9)
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Don't Look Downby Jennifer Crusie, Bob MayerISBN 0312348126 (0-312-34812-6)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don't Look Down'Book summary:[via]New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Crusie teams up with USA Today bestselling author Bob Mayer to write a sizzling, high-octane romantic adventure about a straight-talking woman and a straight-shooting man&Lucy Armstrong is a director of television commercials who's just been recruited to finish a four-day action movie shoot. But she arrives on the set to discover that the directing staff has quit, the make-up artist is suicidal, the stars are egomaniacs, the stunt director is her ex-husband, and the lead actor has just acquired as an advisor a Green Beret who has the aggravating habit of always being right.
Green Beret Captain JT Wilder had thought that hiring on as a military consultant for a movie star was a good deal: easy money and easier starlets. Instead he has to babysit a bumbling comedian, dodge low-flying helicopters, and resist his attraction to a director who bears a distracting resemblance to Wonder Woman. Then the CIA calls and he realizes that somebody is taking "shooting a movie" much too literally.
Full of suspense and humor, non-stop action and fast-paced dialogue, Don't Look Down is the perfect blend of male and female, adventure and romance, Mayer and Crusie.More editions of Don't Look Down:
Elementary, My Dear Grouchoby Ron GoulartISBN 0312208928 (0-312-20892-8)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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Elsa Lanchester, Herselfby Elsa LanchesterISBN 0312243766 (0-312-24376-6)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Emmaby Jane Austen, Alistair M. DuckworthISBN 0312207573 (0-312-20757-3)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emma'Book summary:Of all Jane Austen's heroines, Emma Woodhouse is the most flawed, the most infuriating, and, in the end, the most endearing. Pride and Prejudice's Lizzie Bennet has more wit and sparkle; Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey more imagination; and Sense and Sensibility's Elinor Dashwood certainly more sense--but Emma is lovable precisely because she is so imperfect. Austen only completed six novels in her lifetime, of which five feature young women whose chances for making a good marriage depend greatly on financial issues, and whose prospects if they fail are rather grim. Emma is the exception: "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." One may be tempted to wonder what Austen could possibly find to say about so fortunate a character. The answer is, quite a lot.
For Emma, raised to think well of herself, has such a high opinion of her own worth that it blinds her to the opinions of others. The story revolves around a comedy of errors: Emma befriends Harriet Smith, a young woman of unknown parentage, and attempts to remake her in her own image. Ignoring the gaping difference in their respective fortunes and stations in life, Emma convinces herself and her friend that Harriet should look as high as Emma herself might for a husband--and she zeroes in on an ambitious vicar as the perfect match. At the same time, she reads too much into a flirtation with Frank Churchill, the newly arrived son of family friends, and thoughtlessly starts a rumor about poor but beautiful Jane Fairfax, the beloved niece of two genteelly impoverished elderly ladies in the village. As Emma's fantastically misguided schemes threaten to surge out of control, the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly, the Woodhouse's longtime friend and neighbor. Though Austen herself described Emma as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like," she endowed her creation with enough charm to see her through her most egregious behavior, and the saving grace of being able to learn from her mistakes. By the end of the novel Harriet, Frank, and Jane are all properly accounted for, Emma is wiser (though certainly not sadder), and the reader has had the satisfaction of enjoying Jane Austen at the height of her powers. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Fear and Tremblingby Amelie NothombISBN 0312288573 (0-312-28857-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fear and Trembling'Book summary:According to ancient Japanese protocol, foreigners deigning to approach the emperor did so only with fear and trembling. Terror and self-abasement conveyed respect. Amélie, our well-intentioned and eager young Western heroine, goes to Japan to spend a year working at the Yumimoto Corporation. Returning to the land where she was born is the fulfillment of a dream for Amélie; working there turns into comic nightmare.[via]
Alternately disturbing and hilarious, unbelievable and shatteringly convincing, Fear and Trembling will keep readers clutching tight to the pages of this taut little novel, caught up in the throes of fear, trembling, and, ultimately, delight. -
Four Weddings and a Funeral: Three Appendices and a Screenplayby Richard CurtisISBN 0312143400 (0-312-14340-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Four Weddings and a Funeral: Three Appendices and a Screenplay'Book summary:The hilarious, Academy Award-nominated screenplay that features six old friends, three disastrous receptions, a tongue-tied priest, and the role that made Hugh Grant the world's favorite bumbling bachelor.[via]
Toasted by romantics and cynics, critics and fans, Four Weddings and a Funeral grossed more than $250 million worldwide, garnered Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, and was unanimously pronounced the romantic comedy of the 90s.
Richard Curtis's smart, irreverent, and brilliantly crafted screenplay will delight fans of the movie, as well as screenwriters and film students. From the first spoken line to the last ("I do"), it's a jubilant celebration of friendship, romance, and good humor.More editions of Four Weddings and a Funeral: Three Appendices and a Screenplay:
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The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywoodby Diana McLellanISBN 0312283202 (0-312-28320-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood'Book summary:The debut volume from the new L.A. Weekly imprint at St. Martin's Press, Diana McLellan's witty and penetrating study of the golden age of Hollywood sapphism will delight the armchair detective as well as the lavender movie buff. Thanks to McLellan's obsessive sleuthing, The Girls offers not only the most detailed biography of Mercedes de Acosta, seducer of the stars, but provides tantalizing evidence of an early affair in Germany between Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo, women who in later life claimed never to have met. Much of the book is devoted to Garbo--another sign of the author's good taste--and revelations abound. Sadly, the golden age gave way to McCarthyism. Even the "gayest" of Hollywood lesbians retreated into the closet, or, like de Acosta, left for Europe. McLellan tracks their disappearance in the 1950s and 1960s against the first stirrings of the gay rights movement, providing a satisfying conclusion to a fascinating but not always happy tale. --Regina Marler [via]
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The Go-To Girlby Louise BagshaweISBN 0312339917 (0-312-33991-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Go-To Girl'Book summary:Gorgeous goddesses seem to surround lowly script-reader Anna Brown--from her deranged, glamour-queen boss to her perfect, pouting roommates. For Anna, being less-than-beautiful is hard to bear. With a dead-end job and a dead-beat boyfriend, she wonders if she can ever be a success. In beauty-crazed London, perhaps being talented just isn't enough. Enter Mark Swan, Britain's hottest director. Rugged, reclusive and powerful, everybody wants a piece of him--from studio heads to supermodels. He could be Anna's ticket to the top, but how can she ever hope to snag such a big star? Fed up with being dowdy and downbeat, Anna decides to chase her dreams, and with a little help from her friends, embarks on a madcap scheme to get what she's after.[via]More editions of The Go-To Girl:
The Good Germanby Joseph KanonISBN 0312421265 (0-312-42126-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Good German'Book summary:This compelling thriller is both a touching love story and a masterful portrayal of the struggle for geopolitical control of postwar Germany. Network correspondent Jake Geismar, who covered Berlin before the war, has returned to the devastated city, ostensibly to cover the Potsdam Conference but actually to find the woman he loves. Miraculously, Lena Brandt, Jake's wartime mistress, has survived. However, her mathematician husband is missing, and both the American and Russian intelligence services are hunting him. When the bullet-ridden body of an American soldier washes up on the shores of Potsdam in front of Jake's eyes just as Truman, Churchill, and Stalin convene the first postwar conference, Jake is plunged into a maelstrom of intrigue, corruption, and betrayal.
A brilliantly evoked portrait of a unique moment in history (the end of one war and the beginning of another), The Good German amply fulfills the promise shown by Joseph Kanon in his two earlier novels, Los Alamos and The Prodigal Spy. --Jane Adams [via]
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Hall of the Mountain Kingby Judith TarrISBN 0312942109 (0-312-94210-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hall of the Mountain King'Book summary:[via]The bestselling author of Los Alamos and Alibi returns to 1945. Hitler has been defeated, and Berlin is divided into zones of occupation. Jake Geismar, an American correspondent who spent time in the city before the war, has returned to write about the Allied triumph while pursuing a more personal quest: his search for Lena, the married woman he left behind. When an American soldier's body is found in the Russian zone during the Potsdam Conference, Jake stumbles on the lead to a murder mystery. The Good German is a story of espionage and love, an extraordinary re-creation of a city devastated by war, and a thriller that asks the most profound ethical questions in its exploration of the nature of justice, and what we mean by good and evil in times of peace and of war.More editions of Hall of the Mountain King:
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Hamletby William ShakespeareISBN 0312256922 (0-312-25692-2)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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How to Build a Great Screenplay: A Master Class in Storytelling for Filmby David HowardISBN 031235262X (0-312-35262-X)
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The I Was a Teenage Juvenile Delinquent Rock'N'Roll Horror Beach Party Movie Book: A Complete Guide to the Teen Exploitation Film, 1954-1969by Alan BetrockISBN 0312402937 (0-312-40293-7)
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Immoral Tales : European Sex and Horror Movies, 1956-1984by Cathal Tohill, Pete TombsISBN 031213519X (0-312-13519-X)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Independent Feature Film Production: A Complete Guide from Concept Through Distributionby Gregory GoodellISBN 0312181175 (0-312-18117-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Independent Feature Film Production: A Complete Guide from Concept Through Distribution'Book summary:[via]Independent Feature Film Production is an essential guidebook for filmmakers. Gregory Goodell addresses the making of independent films, taking the reader through the process of the independent film's development phase: the script, commitment from the director and actors, and the legal structure necessary to raise money to make the picture. Whether interested in learning to make a movie on a shoestring budget or on a larger scale, this book guides the reader through the entire proces of developing an independent film.This new edition has been completely updated to reflect changes in every aspect of the moviemaking process. Chapters are divided into five sections: Legal Structuring and Financing, The Preproduction Package, The Production Package, Postproduction, and Distribution and Marketing.More editions of Independent Feature Film Production: A Complete Guide from Concept Through Distribution:
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The Jack Wrangler Storyby Carl Johnes, Wrangler, Jack & Johnes, CarlISBN 0312439407 (0-312-43940-7)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Jack Wrangler Story: Or What's a Nice Boy Like You Doing?by Carl Johnes, Jack WranglerISBN 0312439415 (0-312-43941-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Jane Eyreby Heather GlenISBN 0312165803 (0-312-16580-3)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'Book summary:Romantic melodrama or feminist classic, Jane Eyre is one of the most enduringly popular and compelling novels in the literary canon. Overlooked or dismissed by critics in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it first began to attract serious critical attention in the 1970s as New Critical, formalist and feminist critics began to re-evaluate Charlotte Bronte's achievement. This New Casebook brings together essays by leading scholars over the past twenty years, mapping Jane Eyre's progress through the literary and theoretical establishment and encouraging the student to consider these different critical approaches and how they shape the novel and our reading of it. [via]
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Judge Dreddby Neal BarrettISBN 0312956282 (0-312-95628-2)
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Katharine Hepburn: Hollywood Yankeeby Gary CareyISBN 0312450893 (0-312-45089-3)
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The Last of the Nubaby Leni RiefenstahlISBN 0312136420 (0-312-13642-0)
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Lazarus and the Hurricane: The Freeing of Rubin Hurricane Carterby Sam Chaiton, Terry SwintonISBN 0312253974 (0-312-25397-4)
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Little Women, Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amyby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0316030902 (0-316-03090-2)
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The Long Kiss Goodnightby Randall BoyllISBN 0312953143 (0-312-95314-3)
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Love at First Biteby Sherrilyn Kenyon, Ronda Thompson, Susan Squires, L. A. BanksISBN 0312349297 (0-312-34929-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Love at First Bite'Book summary:[via]Until Death Do Us Part" by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Over five hundred years ago, Esperetta's soul was bound to her husband's by dark magic, and when Velkan became a Dark-Hunter, to her horror, she became immortal as well. Now, they must come together to fight an old enemy&and the passion that threatens to consume them once more.
"Ride the Night Wind" by L.A. Banks
Dark dreams haunt Jose Ciponte, dreams of a woman so beautiful he aches for her-and a deadly enemy who stalks them in the night. And now those dreams have become a reality&
"The Gift" by Susan Squires
All Major Davis Ware wants to do is propose to the beautiful Emma Fairchild. Instead, he is called back into battle, and a desperate fate. And Emma will venture into hell itself to save him.
"The Forgotten One" by Ronda Thompson
Lady Anne Baldwin longs to break free from her proper bonds. When she meets the mysterious Merrick, whose eyes glow like a wolf's, she may have found more than she bargained for.More editions of Love at First Bite:
Make Your Own Damn Movie: Secrets of a Renegade Directorby Lloyd Kaufman, Haaga. Trent, Adam JahnkeISBN 0312288646 (0-312-28864-6)
Softcover, LA Weekly Books
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Men, Makeup and Monsters: Hollywood's Masters of Illustion and FXby Anthony TimponeISBN 0312146787 (0-312-14678-7)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Merian C. Cooper's King Kong : A Novelby Brad Strickland, Joe DevitoISBN 0312349157 (0-312-34915-7)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Mondo Macabroby Peter TombsISBN 0312187483 (0-312-18748-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mondo Macabro'Book summary:"Sometimes it feels like there's nothing left to discover. Bookshelves bend under the weight of tomes devoted to all things 'cult,' 'B,' or obscure. Films you might once have crossed town to see now turn up on new video labels every week. [But] for those who still value the shock of the new, the special kind of thrill that comes from confronting previously unsung greatness, ... there are plenty of strange new worlds left to explore.... Mondo Macabro is a peek into the treasure trove of fifty years of film from around the world. We've sifted through the dross and picked out the dusty jewels."
Those who enjoy horror movies, and bizarre movies of all types, will find Peter Tombs's Mondo Macabro: Weird and Wonderful Cinema Around the World a welcome companion on the shelf next to their (and Cathal Tohill's) Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984. With the help of three other writers (Giovanni Scognamillo, Diego Curubeto, and David Wilt), Tombs gives us an overflowing cornucopia of well-written descriptions of movies made in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia, India, Turkey, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Japan. Each section provides film-historical background on the individual countries and studios, a handy folklore primer on the indigenous monsters and myths that appear in the films, plenty of movie stills and poster art, and portraits of important personalities such as Brazil's José Mojica Marins (creator of the infamous evil persona Zé do Caixão, a.k.a. Coffin Joe).
As horror-fantasy writer Ian McDowell writes, "The sheer range of bizarre cinema that Tombs covers is amazing. My only serious cavil involves his first chapter, one of three on Hong Kong cinema. I know that he leaves the mainstream fare to others, but he still makes some odd statements about the timing of the golden age of Chinese martial arts films."
Best of all, Tombs prizes the pungent, if sometimes raw, flavors of individual creativity and local traditions, so his book is especially helpful for distinguishing between horror films that are unique to a country or region, those that are hybrids of Western models and local themes, and those that are mere copies of Western films. Mondo Macabro also includes top 10 lists from five world cinema experts, tips on where to find the videos, and an index of film titles. --Fiona Webster [via]
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Mother-Daughter Movies: 101 Films to See Togetherby Rosemary Rogers, Christine Ernst Bode, Nell Rogers MichlinISBN 031232054X (0-312-32054-X)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mother-Daughter Movies: 101 Films to See Together'Book summary:Nobody has a perfect mother. And, despite what some pushy moms would have us believe, nobody has a perfect daughter, either. It's sometimes hard to communicate with each other, but what can you do? Should you turn to Dr. Phil, psychotropic drugs, a hit man? No! Here's the solution: It's so simple, so obvious, so painless---the movies![via]
Drawing on more than twenty years of watching movies together, real-life mother and daughter Rosemary Rogers and Nell Rogers Michlin offer plot synopses, cast reviews, and behind-the-scenes gossip for more than one hundred of their all-time-favorite movies, including invaluable ratings you won't find anywhere else, such as:
*Bonding Potential: Looking for serious mother-daughter time? Try one of their top picks, like Terms of Endearment, Freaky Friday, or The Joy Luck Club.
*Hunk Factor: Hannah and Her Sisters may only rate a 1 (Michael Caine and Woody Allen have other important qualities....), but School Ties, with a shirtless Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Brendan Fraser, gets a well-earned 10.
*Hankie Factor: Because sometimes we all need a good cry.
*Squirming in Your Seat Watching a Sex Scene with Your Mother/Daughter: Trust us, you'll want to know ahead of time.
Wise and witty, Mother-Daughter Movies offers a fresh perspective on life's most important issues---from family conflict to surviving high school to understanding when tweezed eyebrows can totally change your life.More editions of Mother-Daughter Movies: 101 Films to See Together:
Movie Star: A Look at the Women Who Made Hollywoodby Ethan MorddenISBN 0312550499 (0-312-55049-9)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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Mr. Skin's Skincyclopedia: The A-to-Z Guide To Finding Your Favorite Actresses Nakedby SkinISBN 0312331444 (0-312-33144-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Murder Take Twoby Charlene WeirISBN 0312181361 (0-312-18136-1)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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My Lucky Star: A Novelby Joe KeenanISBN 0316013358 (0-316-01335-8)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Madeby Staff of the New York Times, A. O. Scott, Peter M. NicholsISBN 0312326114 (0-312-32611-4)
Softcover, Griffin
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The Nightmares on Elm Streetby Jeffrey CooperISBN 0312905173 (0-312-90517-3)
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Notes on a Scandal: What Was She Thinkingby Zoe HellerISBN 0312426097 (0-312-42609-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Sheba is not alone in abusing power, though, and Heller forces us to confront this unpleasant truth about the moralising, managerial headmaster, the husband freed by Sheba's action to seduce his own very slightly older students, and the relatives who never liked her much and can now disown her. Above all, she devotes most of the novel to Barbara, the older colleague who becomes Sheba's confidante and slowly manipulates the situation to make Sheba entirely dependent on her. This is a brilliantly gloomy study in obsession--and the obsession in question is not actually Sheba's with her underage lover. --Roz Kaveney [via]
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Popcornby Ben EltonISBN 0312194722 (0-312-19472-2)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Popcorn, a novel from British sitcom writer Ben Elton (Blackadder, The Young Ones), is the satirical novel done 1990s style. It is a book about the movies that indicts the movies, and that has every chance of being made into a movie. It rings all the familiar changes on the theme of Hollywood vapidity, crassness, and decadence; however, Popcorn accomplishes this so deftly that you may not realize that you've heard it all before until you're finished with the book. Popcorn has little new to say about America and the culture for which it stands: talk-show hosts that are vacuous, movies that are violent, and audiences that are moronic. (The one benefit to shooting this particular fish in this particular barrel is that most readers will find it hard to disagree.) That said, the book generates an undeniable tension. Popcorn is a pleasing (if not always pleasant) page-turner, and the last 20 pages will definitely give you pause. [via]
Post-Franco, Postmodern: The Films of Pedro Almodovarby Kathleen M. Vernon, Barbara MorrisISBN 0313292450 (0-313-29245-0)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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A Pound Of Paper: Confessions Of A Book Addictby John BaxterISBN 0312317263 (0-312-31726-3)
Softcover, Griffin
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The Prestigeby Christopher PriestISBN 0312858868 (0-312-85886-8)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Raise the Devilby Terence FahertyISBN 0312266405 (0-312-26640-5)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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The Red Shoesby Michael Powell, Emeric PressburgerISBN 0312156375 (0-312-15637-5)
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Robert Mitchum : Baby I Don't Careby Lee ServerISBN 0312285434 (0-312-28543-4)
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The Rocky Mountain Moving Picture Association : A Novelby Loren D. EstlemanISBN 0312866763 (0-312-86676-3)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare, Dympna CallaghanISBN 0312191928 (0-312-19192-8)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Second Coming Attractionsby David PrillISBN 0312181736 (0-312-18173-6)
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Sex on the Screen: Eroticism in Filmby Gerard LenneISBN 0312713355 (0-312-71335-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Shakespeare on Filmby Robert ShaughnessyISBN 0312214480 (0-312-21448-0)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Sideways: The Ultimate Road Trip-The Last Hurrah; Library Editionby Rex PickettISBN 0312324669 (0-312-32466-9)
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A raucous and surprising novel filled with wonderful details about wine, Sideways is also a thought-provoking and funny book about men, women, and human relationships.More editions of Sideways: The Ultimate Road Trip-The Last Hurrah; Library Edition:
The Taming of the Shrew: Texts and Contextsby William Shakespeare, Frances E. DolanISBN 0312158580 (0-312-15858-0)
Hardcover, Bedford/st Martins
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The Thanatos Syndromeby Walker PercyISBN 0312243324 (0-312-24332-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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That's Blaxploitation! : Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All-Whyte Jury)by Darius JamesISBN 0312131925 (0-312-13192-5)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Three Plays: Juno and the Paycock;The Shadow of a Gunman; The Plough and the Starsby Sean O'CaseyISBN 0312802900 (0-312-80290-0)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Three Plays: Juno and the Paycock;The Shadow of a Gunman; The Plough and the Stars'Book summary:Sean O'Casey was born in 1880 and lived through a bitterly hard boyhood in a Dublin tenement house. He never went to school but received most of his education in the streets of Dublin, and taught himself to read at the age of fourteen. He was successively a newspaper-seller, docker, stone-breaker, railway-worker and builders' labourer. In 1913 he helped to organise the Irish Citizen Army which fought in the streets of Dublin, and at the same time he was learning his dramatic technique by reading Shakespeare and watching the plays of Dion Boucicault. His early works were performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, and Lady Gregory made him welcome at Coole, but disagreement followed and after visiting America in the late thirties O'Casey settled in Devonshire. He lived there until his death in 1964, though still drawing the themes of many of his plays from the life he knew so well on the banks of the Liffey. Out of the ceaseless dramatic experimenting in his plays O'Casey created a flamboyance and versatility that sustain the impression of bigness of mind that is inseparable from his tragi-comic vision of life. [via]
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Tla Film and Video Guide 2000-2001: The Discerning Film Lover's Guide, 2000-2001by Tla Video, David BleilerISBN 0312243308 (0-312-24330-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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TLA Video and DVD Guide 2004 : The Discerning Film Lover's Guideby David BleilerISBN 0312316860 (0-312-31686-0)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Turn of the Screwby Henry JamesISBN 0312138334 (0-312-13833-4)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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The Turn of the Screw: A Case Study in Contemporary Criticismby Peter G. Beidler, Henry JamesISBN 0312406916 (0-312-40691-6)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Unspeakable Shaxxxspeares: Queer Theory and American Kiddie Cultureby Richard BurtISBN 0312226853 (0-312-22685-3)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Vertigo: The Making of a Hitchcock Classicby Dan AuilerISBN 0312264097 (0-312-26409-7)
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Upon researching the film, author Dan Auiler found that "this odd, obsessional, very un-matter-of-fact film was created" under "systematic, businesslike, matter-of-fact circumstances." His book gives us the opportunity to witness the construction of a film that seems at once amazing complex and absolutely seamless. He discusses the painstaking development of the screenplay (including its controversial explication of the mystery only two-thirds of the way through the film), the decision to cast Novak instead of Vera Miles opposite Stewart, the typically meticulous Hitchcock shoot, the film's amazing special effects and extraordinary credit and dream sequences, and the legendary musical score composed by Bernard Herrmann. Upon finishing the book, readers will appreciate the various contributions of Hitchcock, Herrmann, Stewart, Novak, actress Barbara Bel Geddes, Thomas Narcejac and Pierre Boileau (who wrote the book upon which it is based), uncredited scenarists Maxwell Anderson and Angus MacPhail, screenwriters Alec Coppel and Samuel Taylor, cinematographer Robert Burks, editor George Tomasini, costume designer Edith Head, and many others. The book includes a list of cast and crew, an appendix discussing the VistaVision process in which it was shot, a forward by Vertigo enthusiast Martin Scorsese, and hundreds of production photos, reproductions of memos, storyboard sketches, and posters. Vertigo: The Making of a Hitchcock Classic has enhanced even this avid fan's appreciation of a film he's long known and loved. --Raphael Shargel [via]
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Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biographyby Victoria PriceISBN 0312267894 (0-312-26789-4)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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What Was She Thinkingby Zoe HellerISBN 0312421990 (0-312-42199-0)
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What's That From?: The Ultimate Quiz Book of Contemporary Movie Linesby Jai NandaISBN 0312141459 (0-312-14145-9)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Xanaduby Jane YolenISBN 0312863039 (0-312-86303-9)
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