Making Movies

<b><b>ONE OF <i>THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER</i>'S 100 GREATEST FILM BOOKS OF ALL TIME <b><i>- </i></b> </b>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 <i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br></b><br>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 <i>Making Movies</i> is a master's take delivered with clarity candor and a wealth of anecdote. <p/> 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 <i>Long Day's Journey into Night</i> to <i>Network</i> and <i>The Verdict</i>--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.