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Theatre Cinema Bookshelf from the Midwest Book Review |
Monthly theatre and film book selections from Midwest Book Review.
THE THEATRE/CINEMA SHELF
VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 2010
VideoHound
Gale/Cengage Learning
2700 Drake Rd., Farmington Hills, MI 48331
1414422180, $24.95 www.gale/cengage.com
Any library strong in movies and videos must have the 2010 edition of VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever. It packs in over 2,000 small-print pages of detail on movies and references to films on VHS, DVD, and hi-def formats, offering at-a-glance info on various formats, plots, years of production and more. If it's not listed in VideoHound, it likely doesn't exist. General lending libraries will want to keep this in their reference areas.
The Films of Johnny Depp
William B. Parrill
McFarland Publishers
Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640
9780786440221, $55.00 www.mcfarlandpub.com
The Films of Johnny Depp is a 'must' reference for any in-depth film library compiling listings of major actors and film achievements. It follows Johnny Depp's film roles from his rise to fame in 21 Jump Street's 1987 TV debut to modern times, offering insights of his films in chronological order to trace his development as an actor. The result is a scholarly analysis of his roles, acting, and achievements perfect for any serious film library.
Horror Screenwriting
Devin Watson
Michael Wiese Productions
3940 Laurel Canyon Blvd., -- Suite 1111, Studio City, CA 91604
9781932907605, $24.95, www.mwp.com
Fear is an art in itself. "Horror Screenwriting: The Nature of Fear" discusses horror films and critically analyzes this genre that is either loved or hated by so many viewers. Covering everything from classical Nosferatu to the more modern Saw films, author Devin Watson provides quite the study of horror for students of films, or for horror fans and want to gain a greater understanding of their favored genre. "Horror Screenwriting" is a top pick for film enthusiasts.
Ruined
Lynn Nottage
Theatre Communications Group
520 Eighth Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10018-4156
9781559363556, $13.95, www.tcg.org
A brothel can be a battlefield as much as anywhere else. Lynn Nottage's "Ruined" is a script for a play that has won several best plays of 2009 awards. Set in a Congo brothel during a civil war, "Ruined" tells of the plight of the women, when the men seem to care only about power and little else. "Ruined" proves why it's acclaimed, offering much food for thought in its text form.
Keep Watching the Skies!
Bill Warren
McFarland & Company
PO Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640
www.mcfarlandpub.com 1-800-253-2187
9780786442300 $99.00, www.amazon.com
Now in an updated and revised 21st century edition featuring new entries on several films not listed in the original, Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties is an exhaustive reference compendium, arranged alphabetically by film title and illustrated with more than 270 photographs, some in color. Each entry includes a detailed synopsis, a summary of what various reviews said about the movie, and a credits listing. An easy-to-use index and nine handy appendices round out this one-of-a-kind reference perfect for public and college library collections, as well as the private libraries of sci-fi movie enthusiasts.
Sheldon's Gift
Thomas L. Olson
North Star Press of St. Cloud
PO Box 451, St. Cloud, MN 56302-0451
9780878393183 $16.95 www.northstarpress.com 1-888-820-1636
Sheldon's Gift: Music, Movies and Melodrama in the Desirable City is a close look at the 150-year history of theaters and show business in Red Wing, Minnesota. Red Wing native, university administrator and philanthropist Tom Olson weaves the amazing true stories of itinerant actors and musicians, grand opera houses (and some not-so-grand), the impact of the rise of Hollywood and Golden Age, the vanishing of the silver screens, and much more. An expertly researched chronicle, enthusiastically recommended for anyone curious about the evolution of performance arts in microcosm.
Long Night's Journey into Daybreak
Michael James Kacey
Anthracite Films
10736 Jefferson Blvd., #457, Culver City, CA 90230
9781448654437, $12.99
Making a full length feature film is quite the challenging endeavor. "Long Night's Journey into Daybreak: 10 Things you need to Know Before You Make Your First Feature Film" is an advice guide for those who are aspiring to be filmmakers. With much to inspire readers to roll with the punches as they pursue their dreams, the practical and motivational wisdom blends together well. "Long Night's Journey into Daybreak" is fine pick for any aspiring filmmaker.
Fine On Action
Howard Fine & Chris Freeman
Havenhurst Books
c/o Lexicon PR
1901 Avenue of the Stars, 2nd floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067
www.howardfine.com
9780982285329, $24.99, www.amazon.com
For more than twenty-five years, Howard Fine has won respect within the movie industry as an innovative teacher of acting skills and as an film director. With the assistance of co-author Chris Freeman, Howard Fine has distilled his insights and innovations as one of Hollywood's most successful acting coaches and teachers in "Fine on Acting: A Vision of the Craft", a 218-page compendium of practical advice, thoughtful insight, and real-world-based observations for aspiring actors. Covering such a broad range of issues from playing in a cast with substandard actors, to memorizing lines, to dealing with flawed directors, to auditions, rehearsals, and cogent differences between acting on television, the films, or live stage productions, "Fine On Acting" is an essential manual for personal, professional, film school, and community library Theatre/Cinema/TV reference collections and supplemental reading lists, that will be of especial value for anyone aspiring to an acting career from local community theatre to big budge Hollywood extravaganzas, to television scripts, to Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
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