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Going to the Movies: A Personal Journey Through Four Decades of Modern Film

Going to the Movies: A Personal Journey Through Four Decades of Modern Film

Field, Syd

Paperback

Entertainment & Performing ArtsLiterary FiguresScreenwriting

ISBN10: 0440508495
ISBN13: 9780440508496
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: Oct 9 2001
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.91 Width: 5.18 Depth: 8.24
Language: English
A life in film. An extraordinary career. An unforgettable story--from the most sought-after screenwriting teacher in the world (The Hollywood Reporter)

[Field's] illuminating, consistently entertaining memoir displays enough wit, intelligence, and empathy to inspire a host of great films.--Publishers Weekly

What makes a great movie great? An actor legendary? A screenplay extraordinary or just ordinary?

Syd Field has spent a lifetime seeking answers to these questions. His bestselling books on the art and craft of screenwriting have become the film industry's gold standard.

Now, Field tells his own remarkable story, sharing the insight and experience gleaned from an extraordinary career. Using classic movies from the past and present--from Orson Welles' Citizen Kane to Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski's The Matrix--Field provides a guided tour of the basic elements common to all great films. You'll learn:

- What makes La Grande Illusion a groundbreaking timeless classic

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