The Name Above The Title7 reviews
Frank Capra

Da Capo Press, 1997

Straight from the Heart

+ One of the best entertainment book
+ The Definitive Autobiographical Experience!!
+ An Astounding Talent and an Astounding Life
+ Five Inspiring Words: It's a Frank Capra Book.
  
  











  



  
Adventures in the Screen Trade33 reviews
William Goldman

Grand Central Publishing, 1989

A "Must Read" for Every Screenwriter

+ Removing Some of Hollywood's Glitter
+ Thoroughly Enjoyable
+ great book
+ A great read on a fascinating subject by a fine writer
  
  











  



  
Ultra-Solutions: How to Fail Most Successfully4 reviews
Paul Watzlawick

W. W. Norton & Company, 1988

TRENCHANT & FUNNY

+ A fun read.
+ Humorous antipatterns

I AM NOT SURPRISED TO SEE THAT THE CANADIAN CUSTOMER REVIEW WAS ONE OF IRRITATION; WHILE THE GERMAN CUSTOMER REVIEW WAS FULL OF PRAISE. THIS IS NOT A BOOK FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE A N.AMERICAN COLLEGE GRAD WHO BLENDS IN PASSIONATE MEDIA-SPUN OPINIONS WITH LARGE DOLLOPS OF PERSONAL IGNORANCE; AND WHOSE ...
  
  











  



  
The Screenwriter Looks at the Screenwriter1 review
William Froug

Silman-James Press, 1991

Excellent resource for wannabe screenwriters

Bill Froug's book was first published in the seventies as a reaction against the autuer theory. What Froug did was interview some of the most respected screenwriters in the business along with a few new risers and ask them about screenwriting. What emerges from the interviews is the that each ...
  
  











  



  
The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History139 reviews
Howard Bloom

Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997

Unique Analysis

+ Life Changing
+ Best book ever written...it will change your life!

This book provides a fascinating perspective on history and current society. If you are looking for a strictly academic work, this is probably not for you. Instead, this book looks at parallels between trends and processes in various parts of the world, and in various parts of history. If you ...
  
  











  



  
The Citizen Kane Book: Raising Kane and The Shooting Script
Pauline Kael, Herman J. Mankiewicz

Atlantic-Little, Brown, 1971
  
  











  



  
Hitchcock (Revised Edition)28 reviews
Helen G. Scott, Francois Truffaut

Simon & Schuster, 1985

A really great conversation about film.

+ Wow.
+ A classic reference for Hitchcock fans
+ One of three best Hitchcock books
+ A terrific book about a film master of suspense
  
  











  



  
The Death of Tragedy3 reviews
George Steiner

Hill & Wang, 1968

Fate of the tragical

+ Dazzling essay !
+ What is begotten , born and dies

If you have ever sat down with quill pen to attempt a blank verse tragedy, only to tear up your notes, this is the book for you. Tragedy as a genre remains the rara avis in the history of art, and its brief appearances seem to accompany periods of history going into high gear. Its reappearance in ...
  
  











  



  
Tragedy and Comedy (A Da Capo paperback)1 review
Walter Kerr

Da Capo Pr, 1985

Comedy From Tragedy

Walter Kerr offers this exhaustive study into the nature of comedy for us to explore. He started out, by his own admission, trying to write a book about the nature of comedy only and not involving tragedy. As he went along, he realized that he could not do so for the very root of comedy is ...
  
  











  



  
The Theater Essays Of Arthur Miller2 reviews
Arthur Miller, Robert A. Martin, ...

Da Capo Press, 1996

Classic essays on the nature of drama

+ Wonderful compilation of Miller's thoughts

These collected essays, first published in such periodicals as The New York Times, The New York Herald Tribune, or Atlantic Monthly, trace the origins of modern drama in Greek tragedy and comedy. At least four of them should be required reading in any introductory course in British and American ...
  
  











  



  
Dramatic construction; an outline of basic principles,: Followed by technical analyses of significant plays ...2 reviews
Edward Mabley

Chilton Book Co, 1972

give me review

+ give me review

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Conversations with Wilder27 reviews
Cameron Crowe

Knopf, 2001

Part of the bible

+ Fun Book
+ Outstanding
+ great for any future film-maker
+ Hilarious, touching, thoughtful, well-written
  
  











  



  
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales24 reviews
Bruno Bettelheim

Vintage, 1989

A classic psychoanalytical view of fairy tales

+ Heroism and the Existential Predicament of life
+ For fairy tale fans and Freud students
+ Insights from a new perspective
  
  











  



  
Poetics (Penguin Classics)10 reviews
Aristotle

Penguin Classics, 1997

Introduction is about as long as the treatise!

+ Tragedy Teaches Us Something About Life
+ A very interesting and usually useful text as well as a wonderful and wonderfully annotated translation
+ Aristotle Clearly Explained
+ Any student of literature should read this.
  
  











  



  
The Name Above The Title7 reviews
Frank Capra

Da Capo Press, 1997

Straight from the Heart

+ One of the best entertainment book
+ The Definitive Autobiographical Experience!!
+ An Astounding Talent and an Astounding Life
+ Five Inspiring Words: It's a Frank Capra Book.
  
  











  



  
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales24 reviews
Bruno Bettelheim

Vintage, 1989

A classic psychoanalytical view of fairy tales

+ Heroism and the Existential Predicament of life
+ For fairy tale fans and Freud students
+ Insights from a new perspective
  
  











  



  
Adventures in the Screen Trade33 reviews
William Goldman

Grand Central Publishing, 1989

A "Must Read" for Every Screenwriter

+ Removing Some of Hollywood's Glitter
+ Thoroughly Enjoyable
+ great book
+ A great read on a fascinating subject by a fine writer
  
  











  



  
Conversations with Wilder27 reviews
Cameron Crowe

Knopf, 2001

Part of the bible

+ Fun Book
+ Outstanding
+ great for any future film-maker
+ Hilarious, touching, thoughtful, well-written
  
  











  



  
Poetics (Penguin Classics)10 reviews
Aristotle

Penguin Classics, 1997

Introduction is about as long as the treatise!

+ Tragedy Teaches Us Something About Life
+ A very interesting and usually useful text as well as a wonderful and wonderfully annotated translation
+ Aristotle Clearly Explained
+ Any student of literature should read this.
  
  











  



  
The Citizen Kane Book: Raising Kane and The Shooting Script
Pauline Kael, Herman J. Mankiewicz

Atlantic-Little, Brown, 1971