Making
Movies
by Sidney
Lumet.
Published by
Vintage.
Published
1996.
Paperback.
ISBN-10:
0679756604
ISBN-13:
978-0679756606
Description:
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 shootout – involving more than one hundred extras and three colliding taxis –
in the heart of New York’s diamond district? What does it take to keep the
studio honchos happy? From the first rehearsal to the final screening, Making
Movies is a master’s 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 Day’s Journey into Night to Network and The
Verdict – and with such stars as Katharine Hepburn, Paul Newman,
Marlon Brando, and Al Pacino – Lumet explains how painstaking labor and
inspired split-second decisions can result in two hours of screen magic.
“Film would
be a better place if every director were required to share with other romancers
of film his process. It is a gift to us all that it is Sidney Lumet, one of
American’s greatest filmmakers, who is sharing his point-of-view.” – Stephen
Spielberg.
“Invaluable.
. . . 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.” – Roger Ebert, The New York Times Book Review.
“Remarkable .
. . . as dignified as the movies [Lumet] has made and yet deeply felt and very
moving. . . . Anyone who truly loves movies ought to read what he has to say
about them. . . . Delightfully engrossing.” – Los Angeles Times.
“The film
bible from a master. It tells in meticulous detail the step-by-step process of
making a movie. You feel you’re on the set. A must.” – Quincy Jones.
“Full of
energy, enthusiasm and wisdom. . . . It’s all engrossing because [Lumet] speaks
so fervently and opinionatedly about matters on which he has earned the right
to opinions.” - The New Republic.
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