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An encyclopedic reference of the Noir style of filmmaking covers everything from the classic period to present-day films that capture the feeling of Noir

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9780879517229 | 1 edition (Overlook Pr, December 1, 1999), cover price $60.00 | About this edition: An encyclopedic reference of the Noir style of filmmaking covers everything from the classic period to present-day films that capture the feeling of Noir

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9781468307344 | Reprint edition (Overlook Pr, October 16, 2013), cover price $35.00
9781585674855 | Reprint edition (Overlook Pr, April 24, 2007), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: More than 150 black-and-white and duotone photographs complement a dramatic history of classic film noir that examines the unique stylistic creation and graphic impact of the genre and analyzes classic noir motifs--including Night and the City and the Deadly Female.

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9780879103958 | 4 exp upd edition (Limelight Editions, September 1, 2011), cover price $29.99

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Product Description: Why is the only non-American winner of the AFI's prestigious Life Achievement Award a Scotsman? Perhaps because Sean Connery's career, though international in scope and global in appeal, made him a "genuine movie star" without any pretensions or pandering to fashion...read more
By Paul Duncan (editor) and Alain Silver

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9783836508575 | Bilingual edition (Taschen America Llc, September 1, 2009), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Why is the only non-American winner of the AFI's prestigious Life Achievement Award a Scotsman?

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Product Description: Steve McQueen found it hard to balance worldwide fame with a desperate need for solitude. Through performances that were effortless yet powerful, he connected with the people who saw him on stage, on television, in movie houses, and on magazine covers anywhere on earth...read more
By Paul Duncan (editor), Kobal Collection (photographer) and Alain Silver

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9783822821190 | Taschen America Llc, July 1, 2007, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Steve McQueen found it hard to balance worldwide fame with a desperate need for solitude.

By Paul Duncan (editor), Kobal Collection (photographer) and Alain Silver

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9783822822104 | Taschen America Llc, July 1, 2007, cover price $9.99

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By Alain Silver (editor) and James Ursini (editor)

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9780879103323 | Limelight Editions, February 1, 2007, cover price $20.00

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9781595800060 | Santa Monica Pr Llc, October 28, 2005, cover price $19.95

Miscellaneous:

9781595809827 | Santa Monica Pr Llc, October 28, 2005, cover price $16.95

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By Alain Silver (editor) and James Ursini (editor)

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9780879103057 | 1 edition (Limelight Editions, December 1, 2004), cover price $22.95

By Alain Silver (editor) and James Ursini (editor)

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9780879102975 | Ill edition (Limelight Editions, October 1, 2000), cover price $22.50

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By Alain Silver (editor) and James Ursini (editor)

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9780879102807 | Limelight Editions, May 1, 1999, cover price $22.00

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Reissued for the 50th anniversary of the film of Chandler's novel, The Big Sleep, this evocative and elegant book juxtaposes excerpts of Chandler's tough, cynical prose with black-and-white photographs of the city he described as "no worse than others, a city rich and vigorous and full of pride, a city lost and beaten and full of emptiness". 100 photos. (view table of contents)

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9780879512668 | Viking Pr, October 1, 1987, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Reissued for the 50th anniversary of the film of Chandler's novel, The Big Sleep, this evocative and elegant book juxtaposes excerpts of Chandler's tough, cynical prose with black-and-white photographs of the city he described as "no worse than others, a city rich and vigorous and full of pride, a city lost and beaten and full of emptiness".

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9780879513511 | Reissue edition (Overlook Pr, January 1, 1997), cover price $23.95

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Product Description: (Limelight). This bountiful anthology combines all the key early writings on film noir with many newer essays, including some published here for the first time. The collection is assembled by the editors of the Third Edition of Film Noir: An Enclyclopedic Reference to the American Style , now regarded as the standard work on the subject...read more

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9780879101985 | Limelight Editions, July 30, 2005, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: (Limelight).

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9780879101978 | Limelight Editions, July 1, 1996, cover price $22.99 | About this edition: (Limelight).

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Product Description: For centuries, perhaps from the beginning of time, people young and old have been drawn to the genre of supernatural horror, first on the printed page and then on the screen. From fairy tales to Freddy Krueger, the appeal of the genre rests on the all too human search for something above nature, something unkown and unnameable...read more

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9780879101770 | Limelight Editions, April 1, 1994, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: For centuries, perhaps from the beginning of time, people young and old have been drawn to the genre of supernatural horror, first on the printed page and then on the screen.

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9780879101701 | Rev upd su edition (Limelight Editions, December 1, 1993), cover price $20.00

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Provides plot summary and information on cast and credits for more than three hundred films, and discusses the qualities of film noir
By Alain Silver (editor) and Elizabeth M. Ward (editor)

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9780879514792 | 3 rev exp edition (Overlook Pr, January 1, 1993), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Provides plot summary and information on cast and credits for more than three hundred films, and discusses the qualities of film noir

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Product Description: The Assistant Director and the Production Manager are essential elements to the smooth operation and successful completion of any film. This is the first in-depth and thorough study of these jobs. This is a must read for all contemplating working in this field, as well as for all students of film directing and film production...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9781879505117 | Silman-James Pr, March 1, 1992, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The Assistant Director and the Production Manager are essential elements to the smooth operation and successful completion of any film.
9780668054737, titled "Film Director's Team" | Arco Pub, August 1, 1984, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Describes the making of a film including preproduction work and location work, and discusses the reports, contracts, budgets, production boards and call sheets with which directors must work

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Product Description: A film-by-film accounting of the work of the Academy Award-winning director of such classics as Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Passage to India, and Bridge on the River Kwai.

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9781879505001 | Rev upd su edition (Silman-James Pr, April 1, 1991), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A film-by-film accounting of the work of the Academy Award-winning director of such classics as Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Passage to India, and Bridge on the River Kwai.

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Product Description: The image of a lone hero, marked by a violent past and bound by honor, has exerted an endless fascination on film audiences the world over, but nowhere more than in Japan, where Samurai films have gained legions of passionate followers...read more

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9781585675968 | Rev exp edition (Overlook Pr, December 20, 2005), cover price $50.00 | About this edition: An illustrated edition of the guide to Samurai films deconstructs key aspects of the genre, from its focus on violence and death as a means of understanding life, to the symbolism of weapons, to the significance of key plot elements and motifs, in a volume complemented by filmographies, a glossary of Japanese terms, and a survey of Samurai history and myths.
9780879511753 | Overlook Pr, March 1, 1984, cover price $23.95

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9781585677801 | Rev exp edition (Overlook Pr, October 31, 2006), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: The image of a lone hero, marked by a violent past and bound by honor, has exerted an endless fascination on film audiences the world over, but nowhere more than in Japan, where Samurai films have gained legions of passionate followers.
9780879512460 | Overlook Pr, May 1, 1986, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: An illustrated study of the most familiar of Japanese film genres reviews the history of the samurai and the various cinematic presentations of the samurai ethos and character

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