Critic Robrt Pela examines Waters' life and impact on American culture in this book, which is both a biography of Waters and an irreverent and illuminating look at his films, their impact, and the not-to-be-believed cult of Waters fans. ...

From the prolific fingers of master silent movie pianist Stuart Oderman comes a collection of rare interviews with some of the most important people of a bygone film era: Marlene Dietrich, Frank Capra, Colleen Moore, Jackie Coogan, Madge Bellamy, Aileen Pringle, Allan Dwan, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Anita Loos, Anita Garvin, Leatriee Joy, Dorothy Davenport (Mrs. Wallace) Reid, Patsy Ruth Miller, Ann Pennington, Claire ...

From the award-winning screenwriter and director comes a collection of irreverent and hilarious rants on the absurdity of just about everything. ...

The Netherlands Film Museum's Desmet Collection contains the estate of Dutch cinema owner and film distributor Jean Desmet (1875-1956): almost nine hundred European and American films of all genres, a collection of publicity material, and a massive business archive. These three sources form the basis of this book, the first comprehensive reconstruction of Desmet's career. From his nomadic beginnings as a traveling showman to his successful switch ...

In Rebel Without a Crew, screenwriter and director Robert Rodriguez discloses all the unique strategies and original techniques he used to make his remarkable debut film, El Mariachi, on a shoestring budget. This is both one man's remarkable story and an essential guide for anyone who has a celluloid story to tell and the dreams and determination to see it through. ...

A founding father of British filmmaking, Victor Saville created such classics as I Was A Spy, Evergreen, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, The Mortal Storm, A Woman's Face, and Green Dolphin Street. Completed by Saville's collaborator, Hollywood biographer Roy Moseley, in the years following Saville's death in 1979, Evergreen: Victor Saville in His Own Words presents the esteemed filmmaker's memories of the development of the film industry in England and the ...

...absolutely wonderful...immense warmth...an unforgettable read... --The Hollywood Reporter
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Dorothy Arzner was the exception in Hollywood film history - the one woman who succeeded as a director, in a career that spanned three decades. In Part One, Dorothy Arzner's film career her work as a film editor to her directorial debut, to her departure from Hollywood in 1943 is documented, with particular attention to Arzner's roles as "star-maker" and "woman's director." In Part Two, Mayne analyzes a number of Arzner's films and discusses how ...

Fascinating, profusely illustrated biography not only details Muybridge's groundbreaking photographic work, but also recounts his early life in England and then as a San Francisco photographer, his stormy relationship with Leland Stanford; his marriage to a beauty less than half his age and his acquittal on murder charges after shooting her lover. Also described: Muybridge's collaboration with artist Thomas Eakins and his influence on such ...

This book is an attempt to trace and illuminate, through interviews with colleagues, friends, and contemporaries, different perspectives about Rainer Werner Fassbinder. ...