Martin Scorsese

Richard Schickel

Martin Scorsese's career is a dense map of critical darlings and experimental films--from "Mean Streets" to "Shutter Island." Now fans are given the chance to see all of his movies, and moviemaking in general, through the eyes of the master director himself.

Conversations with Scorsese

The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney

The Disney Version

A Biography

Clint Eastwood

Draws on intellectual interviews to assess the life and work of the iconic filmmaker, providing coverage of such topics as his youth in mid-20th-century Little Italy, his lesser-known films and his semi-autobiographical works. By the award-winning author of The Disney Version.

A full color book chronicles more than 60 films spanning five decades; features more than 200 images, including never-before-seen photos from Clint Eastwood's personal collection; and begins with an introduction by the legendary actor and director himself.

A Retrospective

Clint

George Perry

Traces the life of the motion picture actress, describes her major roles, and offers a look at her relationships with family members and fellow actors.

Larger Than Life

Bette Davis

He transformed a nickelodeon novelty into a new art form and a powerful, glamorous American industry. He codified the rules and techniques of screen story-telling, and pioneered the conventions that brought films to life, from surging spectacle to soul-baring close-ups. A poor farm boy from the South, Griffith rose to fame with The Birth of a Nation, a cinematic masterpiece stained by the racism that infected his heritage. Though he went on to direct some of the most legendary films of the silent era, Griffith was doomed by his over-reaching drives, and he died an embittered man, shunned by the community he had largely created. His story is told here with unsparing truth and compelling narrative sweep.

An American Life

D.W. Griffith

A Civilized Guide to Sex and Sensibility for the Suddenly Single Man--or Woman

Singled Out

Lena Horne

Lena

The Culture of Celebrity

Common Fame

“The single most illuminating work on America and the movies” (The Kansas City Star): the story of how a shy boy from Chicago crashed Hollywood and created the world’s first multimedia entertainment empire—one that shapes American popular culture to this day. When Walter Elias Disney moved to Hollywood in 1923, the twenty-one-year-old cartoonist seemed an unlikely businessman—and yet within less than two decades, he’d transformed his small animation studio into one of the most successful and beloved brands of the twentieth century. But behind Disney’s boisterous entrepreneurial imagination and iconic characters lay regressive cultural attitudes that, as The Walt Disney Company’s influence grew, began to not simply reflect the values of midcentury America but actually shape the country’s character. Lauded as “one of the best studies ever done on American popular culture” (Stephen J. Whitfield, Professor of American Civilization at Brandeis University), Richard Schickel’s The Disney Version explores Walt Disney’s extraordinary entrepreneurial success, his fascinatingly complex character, and—decades after his death—his lasting legacy on America.

Through extensive, exclusive interviews with Eastwood (and the friends and colleagues of a lifetime), Time magazine film critic Richard Schickel has penetrated a complex character who has always been understood too quickly, too superficially. Schickel pierces Eastwood's monumental reserve to reveal the anger and the shyness, the shrewdness and frankness, the humor and powerful will that have helped make him what he is today. of photos.

After six decades of writing about film, acclaimed critic Richard Schickel generously shares Keepers, a history of film as he’s seen and lived it. Here is a tour of his favorites from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Pulp Fiction, and a master class in what makes a film soar or flop. Schickel reminds us of the subjective art of film criticism, highlighting above all the true gems, the immortal moments of transcendent “movie magic”—the scenes, characters, lines, shots, scores, and even lighting cues—that have stuck with him over a lifetime of movie-watching. Buster Keaton, His Girl Friday, Ingrid Bergman, Taxi Driver, Star Wars, Stanley Kubrick—Schickel reveals all the films and the forces behind them that have kept him coming back for more.

The Greatest Films--and Personal Favorites--of a Moviegoing Lifetime

Keepers

This book ranges through our culture for examples of how celebrity shapes our world and bends out minds.

The Culture of Celebrity in America

Intimate Strangers

Film critic Richard Schickel chronicles his childhood during World War II, as well as his passion for films and movie palaces, while uncovering the the way in which movies of the era falsely portrayed actual events of the war.

Movies, Memory, and World War II

Good Morning, Mr. Zip Zip Zip

A Life in Our Times

Marlon Brando

a retrospective

Steven Spielberg

George C. Perry

Stephen Bogart

Two accomplished film writers pay tribute to one of cinema's most enduring symbols in this lavishly illustrated monograph complete with a foreword from Bogart's son, published in association with his estate Richard Schickel assesses Humphrey Bogart's career and enduring legacy while George Perry provides a detailed review of the films he made over three decades,with a particular focus on his key roles, in this highly illustrated survey of a much-loved star. From his emergence as a figure to be reckoned with in High Sierra and as private eye Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon in 1941, and his iconic performance in Casablanca two years later, to his Oscar-winning role in The African Queen in 1952, Humphrey Bogart ensured his place as a true Hollywood legend. Following the success of his Oscar-winning role in The African Queen, Bogart starred in several other notable movies, including Beat the Devil and The Caine Mutiny. While Bogart's personal charm is to this day unmatched onscreen, his private life was also the stuff of legend. His relationship with Lauren Bacall is explored here, as they formed one of Hollywood's most celebrated on and off-screen couples.

A Celebration of the Life and Films of Humphrey Bogart

Bogie

Traces the life and career of Marlon Brando from his early film triumphs to the partial successes and half-failures of his later life, and looks at the actor's enduring relationship with his audience

Brando

The movie critic for "Time" magazine explores the works and legacies of thirteen filmmaking giants, discussing how they shaped the industry and offering a revised perspective on The Hollywood Ten

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