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Making Movies
By Sidney Lumet.
Published by Vintage.
Published 1996.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0679756604
ISBN-13: 978-0679756606
Description:
Why does a director choose a particular script? What must
they do in order to keep actors fresh and truthful through take after take of a
single scene? How do you stage a shootout – involving more than one hundred
extras and three colliding taxis – in the heart of New York’s diamond district?
What does it take to keep the studio honchos happy? From the first rehearsal to
the final screening, Making Movies is a master’s take, delivered with clarity,
candor, and a wealth of anecdote.
For in this book, Sidney Lumet, one of our most
consistently acclaimed directors, gives us both a professional memoir and a
definitive guide to the art, craft, and business of the motion picture. Drawing
on forty years of experience on movies that range from Long Day’s Journey
into Night to Network and The Verdict – and with such stars
as Katharine Hepburn, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, and Al Pacino – Lumet
explains how painstaking labor and inspired split-second decisions can result
in two hours of screen magic.
“Film would be a better place if every director were
required to share with other romancers of film his process. It is a gift to us
all that it is Sidney Lumet, one of American’s greatest filmmakers, who is
sharing his point-of-view.” – Stephen Spielberg.
“Invaluable. . . . I am sometimes asked if there is one
book a filmgoer could read to learn more about how movies are made and what to
look for while watching them. This is the book.” – Roger Ebert, The New York
Times Book Review.
“Remarkable . . . . as dignified as the movies [Lumet] has
made and yet deeply felt and very moving. . . . Anyone who truly loves movies
ought to read what he has to say about them. . . . Delightfully engrossing.” – Los
Angeles Times.
“The film bible from a master. It tells in meticulous
detail the step-by-step process of making a movie. You feel you’re on the set.
A must.” – Quincy Jones.
“Full of energy, enthusiasm and wisdom. . . .
It’s all engrossing because [Lumet] speaks so fervently and opinionatedly about
matters on which he has earned the right to opinions.” - The New Republic.
