"Welcome to the world of New York organised crime; of heists, extortion, family, gambling, molls and casual violence. This is the book that inspired the film, written by Nicholas Pileggi in 1985 and originally entitled Wiseguy. Martin Scorsese read it, contacted Pileggi who apparently "had been waiting for this phone call all my life", and between them they wrote the screenplay for the hugely popular 1990 movie. The resulting blend ..."
"His music has provided a prototype for several generations of blues and rock musicians, his songs remain current in countless new versions, and his own brief but astonishing output of recordings has earned gold records a half century after his death. Yet bluesman Robert Johnson remains among the most elusive figures in 20th-century art, the details of his life as shadowy as his music is brilliant. Johnson's personal obscurity make ..."
Goodfellas(Updated) Screenplay (Faber and Faber Screenplays) by MartinScorsese, Nicholas Pileggi Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2000 by Faber And Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-20249-2, ISBN: 0-571-20249-7
"Hill's story of crude hierarchies, casual murders and collaboration with the police was adapted by Martin Scorsese and became one of the most outstanding films of 1990."
"This account of American films is balanced between subjective enthusiasm and objective analysis. Scorsese starts from his own childhood love affair with the cinema, when he discovered King Vidor's "Dual in the Sun" as a boy. The book is not an orthodox film history, but rather a genuinely personal voyage of discovery. Scorsese recalls from his youth the kind of films that had a strong influence on him: not only the prestige titles from ..."
"The complete script of the five-time Academy Award(r) nominated film, with a lengthy introduction with details on the behind-the-scenes production, photos, and a special section in which the authors discuss the 22 films that influenced them. 24 b/w photos. The Newmarket Shooting Script(tm) Series features an attractive 7 x 9 1/4 inch format that includes a facsimile of the film's shooting script, as chosen by the writer and/or director, ..."
Casino by MartinScorsese, Nicholas Pileggi Paperback, 150 Pages, Published 1996 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-17992-3, ISBN: 0-571-17992-4
"With the intensity of a Jacobean tragedy, Casino unfolds its tale of a love triangle between a gambler, his wife, and his henchman amid the glittering, festering Babylon of Las Vegas. The film makes daring use of voice-over and rapidly shifting points of view and time frame, leaving conventional film language far behind."
MartinScorsese(1st Edition) Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series) by Peter Brunette, Professor MartinScorsese Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1999 by University Press Of Mississippi ISBN-13: 978-1-57806-072-6, ISBN: 1-57806-072-9
" From the moment he captured the film world's attention with Mean Streets (1973), a portrait of life at the fringes of the Mob, it was clear that a dazzling cinematic talent had arrived on the scene. With Robert DeNiro, one of the most talented young actors from this film, Scorsese went on to make some of the greatest American films of the postwar period, including Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), and Goodfellas (1990). A Scorses ..."
" From Hollywood's legendary Cocoanut Grove to the pioneering conquest of the wild blue yonder, Martin Scorsese's The Aviator celebrates old-school filmmaking at its finest. We say "old school" only because Scorsese's love of golden-age Hollywood is evident in his approach to his subject--Howard Hughes in his prime (played by Leonardo DiCaprio in his)--and especially in his technical mastery of the medium reflecting his love for classic ..."
"Roger Ebert wrote the first film review that director Martin Scorsese ever receivedâfor 1967âs I Call First, later renamed Whoâs That Knocking at My Doorâcreating a lasting bond that made him one of Scorseseâs most appreciative and perceptive commentators. Scorsese by Ebert offers the first record of Americaâs most respected film criticâs engagement with the works of Americaâs greatest living director, chronicling every ..."
"The sense of God has often been touched on in the movies. European directors like Ingmar Bergman, Robert Bresson, Luis Buñuel, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Roberto Rossellini and many others have dealt directly with the theme throughout their careers, and Hollywood too has told stories based on the Bible, the lives of the saints and the martyrdoms of ordinary people. The Hidden God, which accompanies a ..."
Agee on Film(Updated) Criticism and Comment on the Movies (Modern Library the Movies) by James Agee, David Denby, MartinScorsese Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2000 by Modern Library ISBN-13: 978-0-375-75529-3, ISBN: 0-375-75529-2
""In my opinion, [Agee's] column is the most remarkable regular event in American journalism today."--W. H. AudenJames Agee was passionately involved with the movies throughout his life. A master of both fiction and nonfiction, he wrote about film in clean, smart prose as the reviewer for Time magazine and as a columnist for The Nation. Agee was particularly perceptive about the work of his friend John Huston and recognized the artistic ..."
"1993, trade paperback edition, with corrections, Faber & Faber, London, U.K. 137 pages. Stills from the film throughout. One of the triumphs of the 90's was the film based on this script / book."
The Age of the Image(Reprint) Redefining Literacy in a World of Screens by Stephen Apkon, MartinScorsese Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2014 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN-13: 978-0-374-53450-9, ISBN: 0-374-53450-0
"An urgent, erudite, and practical book that redefines literacy to embrace how we think and communicate nowWe live in a world that is awash in visual storytelling. The recent technological revolutions in video recording, editing, and distribution are more akin to the development of movable type than any other such revolution in the last five hundred years. And yet we are not popularly cognizant of or conversant with visual storytelling's ..."
"Martin Scorsese's powerful drama tells the story of J.R. (Harvey Keitel), a typical Italian-American boy who has grown up in a comfortable middle-class urban environment. But in that same environment he encounters the decisive split between tradition and his Catholic faith, in addition to the realities of modern life. Out of work but not in need of cash, J.R. carouses with his buddies in the bars and social clubs of Little Italy. He dra ..."
"This is the first book to be published on one of the greatest American designers of the 20th Century, who was as famous for his work in film as for his corporate identity and graphic work. With more than 1,400 illustrations, many of them never published before and written by the leading design historian Pat Kirkham, this is the definitive study that design and film enthusiasts have been eagerly anticipating. Saul Bass (1920-1996) create ..."
Starstruck(1st Edition) Vintage Movie Posters from Classic Hollywood by Ira M. Resnick, MartinScorsese Hardcover, 280 Pages, Published 2010 by Abbeville Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7892-1019-7, ISBN: 0-7892-1019-3
"For four decades film historian Ira M. Resnick has been amassing a superb collection of 2,000 vintage movie posters and 1,500 stills, which has never before been published. Starstruck: Vintage Movie Posters from Classic Hollywood features the best of Resnick’s collection, with vivid reproductions of 250 posters and forty stills from the golden age of Hollywood, 1912 to 1962. In a moving introduction, Resnick relates how his love of vint ..."
"It defined a generation, exemplified an era: Woodstock was unlike anything that has ever happened before or sinceand August 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of this seminal event. Relive the moment and get back to the garden” with this day-by-day, act-by-act account of everything that went down on Yasgur’s Farm. With interviews and quotes from those who were therethe musicians, the fans, the organizersand a wealth of photographs and ..."
""Rien ne va plus, il y a quelque chose de pourri au royaume de l'Amérique", semble chuchoter la caméra démiurgique de Martin Scorsese. Proche des Affranchis, dont il reprend le procédé de la voix-off et la structure ascension/destruction – les deux films sont coécrits par Nick Pillegi – sans oublier les figures de la famille scorsesienne, Robert de Niro et Joe Pesci en tête, Casino laisse KO debout. Tel un tourbillon enivrant, ce flambo ..."
"A gorgeous, lavish history of silent movies - with more than 400 amazing images - captures the birth of film and icons like Chaplin, Garbo, Clara Bow, and Valentino. Drawing on the extraordinary collection of The Library of Congress, one of the greatest repositories for silent film and memorabilia, Peter Kobel has created the definitive visual history of silent film. From its birth in the 1890s, with the earliest narrative shorts, thro ..."
"Leopold Classic Library is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive collection. As part of our on-going commitment to delivering value to the reader, we have also provided you with a link to a website, where you may download a digital version of this work for free. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. Whilst the book ..."