Making Movies by Sidney Lumet

Making Movies by Sidney Lumet

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

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.

More than fifty Academy Award nominations have been given to Sidney Lumet's films. The Directors Guild of America has nominated him for Best Director seven times. He has also been granted honorary lifetime membership in the Directors Guild of America, as well as the guild's highest accolade, the D.

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ISBN 13	9780679756606
ISBN 10	0679756604
Title	Making Movies
Author	Sidney Lumet
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1996-03-19
Number of pages	240
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