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5.0 out of 5 stars
Review, February 17, 2010
This review is from: Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age at the American Film Institute (Paperback)
I bought this book at the Kennedy Center after a performance by the NSO. It is a very good book in more ways than one.
What it is not. It is not a book filled with movie making gossip and stories of stars misbehaving.
What it is. A book of interviews with directors, cinematographers, producers, and writers. These interviews, for the most part, are applicable to, and should be interesting for anyone working in the creative arts.
The directors, for me, were the most interesting part of the book. Especially the ones who made the transition from silent to speaking movies. A change that was as huge as what computers are doing to the art of making movies now. The background on what was involved in the making of movies I have watched since childhood in many cases was also very good.
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