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The Theatre/Cinema Shelf

Hollywood Winners & Losers
Mark Thise
Lime Light Editions
c/o Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group
19 West 21st Street, Suite 201, New York, NY 10010
9780879103514, $19.95, www (dot) limelightedtions (dot) com

The Academy Award - the top award for excellence in Hollywood whether
one is a screenwriter, a director, producer, actor, technical
specialist - no matter what you are, if you're in Hollywood, you seek
the academy award. "Hollywood Winners & Losers: From A to Z" is a
comprehensive guide to the prestigious award covering anything
remotely related, profiling over 900 actors and actresses, if they
have been nominated, they are included in this book, win, lose, or
draw. A literal encyclopedia for spectators of the madness of
Hollywood, "Hollywood Winners & Losers: From A to Z" is highly
recommended to anyone who seeks a complete listing of the history of
the Academy Awards and for community library film shelves.

Guilty
Jack G. Shaheen
Olive Branch Press
c/o Interlink Press
46 Crosby Street, Northampton MA 01060-1804
9781566566841, $18.00, www (dot) interlinkbooks (dot) com

Hollywood has always used the public's fear and loathing to create
interest in it's film projects. In the 1980s, the communists were the
most common villain in big budget Hollywood action movies. In the
2000s...Middle Eastern Terrorists have taken over that role - "Guilty:
Hollywood's Verdict on Arabs after 9/11" is a scholarly look at this
most common trend and how it both impacts and represents society. It
also gives an optimistic look as the generic terrorist isn't the only
Arabic representative in American film, but characters with real human
motivations seem to be making an effort at becoming the norm. "Guilty:
Hollywood's Verdict on Arabs after 9/11" is highly recommended to both
social issues and film collections for community libraries.

My Life in Art
Konstantin Stanislavski
Routledge
270 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10016
9780415436571, $35.00 www (dot) taylorandfrancisgroup (dot) com

Before writing his opus manual on acting technique, Stanislavski wrote
an autobiography he hoped would detail his life and philosophy - but
his publisher insisted on many cuts and changes to its length,
resulting in a diminutive version Stanislavski hated - and completely
revised for a 1926 Soviet edition. For the first time translator Jean
Benedetti brings English readers this complete Soviet edition, pairing
it with new photos and illustrations and creating a keepsake edition
for any college-level collection serious about acquiring drama
classics.

Film on Paper: The Inner Life of Movies
Richard Schickel
Ivan R. Dee
1332 North Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60622-2694
1566637597, $18.95 www (dot) ivanrdee (dot) com

College-level libraries strong in film studies courses will find
moving this collection of short essays on books about film, coming
from a critic who not only reviews these books but offers uses them to
discuss movie content, actor approaches, director and producer
influences, and how the film industry operates as a whole. His
different approach provides plenty of detail perfect for any college-
level collection strong in film studies - and many a general interest
lending library as well.

The Kite Runner
David Beniof
Newmarket Press
18th E. 48th Street, New York, NY 10017
9781557048011, $19.95, www (dot) newmarketpress (dot) com

Khaled Hosselini delivers us to his experiences of watching his novel
The Kite Runner coming to life in "The Kite Runner: A Portrait of the
Marc Foster Film". A touching and heartwarming film looked at from
another angle, this is a full on behind the scenes look on the film,
detailing every process of creating the film, with over one hundred
color photos from the border of western China where the movie was
shot, along with the full screenplay for the film. Highly recommended
for lovers of the movie and for anyone who wants a behind the scenes
look at the movie- also for community library film collections.

How to Be a Working Actor
Mari Lyn Henry & Lynne Rogers
Back Stage Books
c/o Watson-Guptill Publications
770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
978082308895, $19.95, www (dot) watsonguptill (dot) com

Getting started in many careers is undeniably the hard part. "How to
Be a Working Actor: The Insider's Guide to Finding Jobs in Theater,
Film, and Television" is a comprehensive and through guide to help
actors get started on the right foot and not be waiting tables for the
rest of their lives. With essential advice on how to put together a
professional wardrobe, creating a solid resume, communicating the
right way with ones agent, working on and improving ones weaknesses in
the craft, and so much more. "How to Be a Working Actor: The Insider's
Guide to Finding Jobs in Theater, Film, and Television" is a must have
for any aspiring actor and for community library collections on
Theater and Cinema.

One Less Bitter Actor
Markus Flanagan
Sentient Publications
1113 Spruce Street, Boulder, CO 80302
9781591810636, $15.95 www (dot) sentientpublications (dot) com

Hollywood is a vicious dog eat dog world and surviving in it can be
difficult. This is where "One Less Bitter Actor: The Actor's Survival
Guide" comes in, and grants aspiring thespians great and sage advice
such as how to combat being typecast, bad habits to avoid, the
deadliest questions to be asked, and dealing with the crushing
disappointment of rejection. Written by Hollywood veteran Markus
Flanagan with over two decades of experience, "One Less Bitter Actor:
The Actor's Survival Guide" is recommended for actors everywhere and
needs a place on every community library shelf devoted to the art of
acting.

The Real, Low Down, Dirty Truth About Hollywood Agenting
Rima Greer
Quill Driver Books
1254 Commerce Avenue, Sanger, CA 93657
9781884956690, $14.95 www (dot) quilldriverbooks (dot) com
1-800-497-4909

What do you call twelve Hollywood agents buried up to their necks in
the sand? Not enough sand says "The Real, Low Down, Dirty Truth About
Hollywood Agenting", which spells out every little dirty detail,
secret, and scandal that so fuels Hollywood's existence. Well told by
writer and Hollywood agent Rima Geer, she uses her nearly two decades
of experience to show the reader how exactly they are to fight up into
the Hollywood ranks and no matter how much you hate them, that you
need an agent and you need to keep that agent. Highly recommended for
anyone with aspirations of Hollywood stardom or for anyone who just
wants to learn how the gears in the interesting clock of show business
turn.

Let's Put on a Show
Stewart F. Lane
Heinemann Drama
c/o Reed Elsevier Inc.
361 Hanover Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801-3912
9780325009810, $17.95, www (dot) heinemandrama (dot) com

There are many reasons to put on a theater production, and not just
because it's entertaining for both it's participants and it's
audience. "Let's Put on a Show!: Theatre Production for Novices" is a
complete and comprehensive guide to help anyone who lacks experience
in running theatre productions to get started to produce their own
show. Written by a Tony-Award winning Broadway producer in Stewart F.
Lane, "Let's Put on a Show!: Theatre Production for Novices" grants
advice on selecting the right show to start out with, finding a place
to run it, running auditions, rehearsals, promotion, and so much more
to get would-be producers off on the right foot. Well composed and
informative, "Let's Put on a Show!: Theatre Production for Novices" is
highly recommended for community library theatre collections and for
any theatre lover who wants to produce something of his own.

An Introduction to World Cinema
Aristides Gazetas
McFarland & Company
PO Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640
9780786439072, $35.00 www (dot) mcfarlandpub (dot) com 1-800-253-2187

Few mass mediums have as wide spread and enduringly influential
cultural impact as the movies. Written by playwright, director, and
teacher of 30 years' experience Aristides Gazetas, An Introduction to
World Cinema is now in an updated second edition. A scholarly, college-
level textbook concerning the global history of film as an art form,
as well as an analysis of its effect on society and politics, An
Introduction to World Cinema chronologically covers major developments
in film worldwide from its early beginnings to the modern day. A
handful of black-and-white photographs and an index round out this
excellent general primer. "During the postwar years, Kurosawa saw the
national recovery of Japan as a moment in history when his own
cinematic voice could respond to the new political and social climate.
He attempted a didactic cinema that would express his own thematic
concerns about human moral responsibility to others and the emotional
desire for power. Kurosawa's heroes combat the ethical and
psychological dilemmas that influence their beliefs and actions."

Italian Locations
Noa Steimatsky
University of Minnesota Press
111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290, Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520
9780816650880, $22.50 www (dot) upress.umn (dot) edu

Noa Steimatsky (associate professor of film studies and art history,
Yale University) presents Italian Locations: Reinhabiting the Past in
Postwar Cinema, a thoughtful examination of how fascism and World War
II forever changed Italy, as reflected through the works of four
Italian filmmakers. From the documentary work of Michelangelo
Antonioni on the River Po to the creations of Pier Paolo Pasolini,
Roberto Rossellini, and Luchino Visconti, Italian Locations is fraught
with works that defined a sense of place - a place transformed and
reconstructed in the wake of destruction. A handful of black-and-white
photographs illustrate this thoughtful analysis, especially
recommended for college library shelves and students of historical
Italian cinema.

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