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Going to the Movies: A Personal Journey Through Four Decades of Modern Film (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780440508496)
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xFeaturing insights ... analysis ... great films and filmmakers from "the most-sought-after screenwriting teacher in the world" (The Hollywood Reporter).
A life in film. An extraordinary career. An unforgettable story -- from noted lecturer, teacher, and bestselling author Syd Field.
What makes a great movie great? ... An actor legendary? ... A screenplay extraordinary or just ordinary? Syd Field has spent a lifetime seeking answers to these questions. His bestselling books on the art and craft of screenwriting have become the film industry's gold standard. Now Syd Field tells his own remarkable story, sharing the insight and experience gleaned from an extraordinary career. Using classic movies from the past and present -- from Orson Welles' Citizen Kane to Andy and Larry Wachowski's The Matrix -- Field provides a guided tour of the basic elements common to all great films. Learn what makes La Grande Illusion a groundbreaking, timeless classic ... how Casablanca teaches one of the most important elements of creating memorable characters for the screen ... why Pulp Fiction might be one of the most influential films of our time. Discover the legendary filmmakers, films, and stars who shaped Field's understanding of the medium.... Meet Jean Renoir, the great French director who steered his young Berkeley prot g away from medicine into film.... Watch a dazzling young Francis Ford Coppola as he directs his thesis film at UCLA.... Spend an amazing summer with Sam Peckinpah as he shares the screenwriting techniques behind his classic western The Wild Bunch. Rich in anecdote and insight, Going to the Movies will both entertain and inform, deepening every moviegoer's appreciation of the magic behind the silver screen.
Author: Syd Field
ISBN-10: 0440508495
ISBN-13: 9780440508496
Publisher: Delta
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2001
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.18w x 0.91d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2001 pg. 1086
Publishers Weekly 08/06/2001 pg. 71
Booklist 09/15/2001 pg. 179
Library Journal 09/15/2001
A life in film. An extraordinary career. An unforgettable story -- from noted lecturer, teacher, and bestselling author Syd Field.
What makes a great movie great? ... An actor legendary? ... A screenplay extraordinary or just ordinary? Syd Field has spent a lifetime seeking answers to these questions. His bestselling books on the art and craft of screenwriting have become the film industry's gold standard. Now Syd Field tells his own remarkable story, sharing the insight and experience gleaned from an extraordinary career. Using classic movies from the past and present -- from Orson Welles' Citizen Kane to Andy and Larry Wachowski's The Matrix -- Field provides a guided tour of the basic elements common to all great films. Learn what makes La Grande Illusion a groundbreaking, timeless classic ... how Casablanca teaches one of the most important elements of creating memorable characters for the screen ... why Pulp Fiction might be one of the most influential films of our time. Discover the legendary filmmakers, films, and stars who shaped Field's understanding of the medium.... Meet Jean Renoir, the great French director who steered his young Berkeley prot g away from medicine into film.... Watch a dazzling young Francis Ford Coppola as he directs his thesis film at UCLA.... Spend an amazing summer with Sam Peckinpah as he shares the screenwriting techniques behind his classic western The Wild Bunch. Rich in anecdote and insight, Going to the Movies will both entertain and inform, deepening every moviegoer's appreciation of the magic behind the silver screen.
Author: Syd Field
ISBN-10: 0440508495
ISBN-13: 9780440508496
Publisher: Delta
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2001
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.18w x 0.91d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2001 pg. 1086
Publishers Weekly 08/06/2001 pg. 71
Booklist 09/15/2001 pg. 179
Library Journal 09/15/2001
By Syd Field
xSyd Field (1935-2013), the internationally renowned "guru of screenwriting," was the author of eight bestselling books on the subject, including Screenplay, published in twenty-three languages and used in hundreds of colleges and universities nationwide and around the world. He was inducted into the Final Draft Hall of Fame in 2006 and was the first inductee into the Screenwriting Hall of Fame of the American Screenwriting Association. He was also a special consultant to the Film Preservation Project for the Getty Center.
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