Release Date:- 1995-03-14
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ONE OF THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER'S 100 GREATEST FILM BOOKS OF ALL TIME ā¢ āInvaluable.... 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.ā āRoger 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 shootoutāinvolving more than one hundred extras and three colliding taxisāin the heart of New Yorkās diamond district? What does it take to keep the studio honchos happy? From the first rehearsal to the final screening, Making Movies is a masterās 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 Dayās Journey into Night to Network and The Verdictāand with such stars as Katharine Hepburn, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, and Al PacinoāLumet explains how painstaking labor and inspired split-second decisions can result in two hours of screen magic.