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Title: Celluloid Skyline: New York and the Movies by James Sanders ISBN: 0-394-57062-6 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 04 December, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Essential Masterpiece
Comment: James Sanders' CELLULOID SKYLINE is a comparatively rare example of a necessary book. Nothing quite like it has ever been written before, and it certainly needed to be written. The author knows New York -- that is, BOTH New Yorks, and he really knows his movies. For someone who's a full-time architect, I was surprised and delighted over the numerous ways in which he opened up to me new vistas for appreciating classic old films, and as a movie critic in general he's probably better than most who make their livings at it. All in all, a flawlessly executed masterpiece. I can't recommend this book highly enough.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Gem for your Personal Library
Comment: If you have an interest in films, architecture or New York City then the purchase of this film is a no-brainer. The book is packed with photographs of movies and film sets that feature the buildings of New York. Another reviewer mentioned the Alfred Hitchcock set shot from the film Rope. I would add the shots from Fountainhead and Week-end at the Waldorf as being special and stunning.
James Sanders said that he spent 15 years writing and researching this book and it shows. His points are well written and quite informative.
I would strongly suggest the hardcover edition for its slightly larger size and the quality of the Knopf binding.
First editions can be purchased used at a very attractive price. Like I said, no-brainer.
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant and fascinating!
Comment: If there was ever a book that really needed to be written, and was then executed nearly flawlessly, this is it. Documenting the multi-threaded releationship of New York City and Hollywood (the movie biz began in NYC, and the studios' financial offices remained there; much of the writing/directing/acting talent came to Hollywood from NYC; Hollywood's backlot NYC was the setting of thousands of films; the ideas of the Hollywood versions eventually changed the real thing; etc.), this is a heckuva fun and interesting read.
Among its most fascinating parts are information on the techniques used to create believable NYC settings by the studios (e.g., the most detail I've ever seen on Hitchcock's enormous Rear Window set), examples of the vast amount of architectural and local-color detail contained in the studio's art department photographic files (more than in some of NYC's museums!), and its general architectural analysis of NYC's major iconic structures: skyscrapers, rowhouses, tenements, train stations, nightclubs, etc.
But of even greater interest are the detailed treatments of how NYC was SHOWN in films (both well-known classics and obscure titles) of different genres and eras, and how the IDEA of NYC affected the world audience, and eventually changed the city itself as new generations flocked to their city of dreams... A flip through the photographs alone is a total pleasure.
This is a great book for film buffs, fans of NYC, architecture students, and those interested in 20th century social history. (I'm all of those things, and I LOVED it!)
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Title: Manhattan on Film 2: More Walking Tours of Location Sites in the Big Apple by Chuck Katz ISBN: 0879109750 Publisher: Limelight Editions Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations by Tony Reeves ISBN: 1556524323 Publisher: Chicago Review Press Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Parallel Tracks: The Railroad and Silent Cinema by Lynne Kirby ISBN: 0822318393 Publisher: Duke Univ Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Shot on This Site: A Traveler's Guide to the Places and Locations Used to Film Famous Movies and TV Shows by William A. Gordon ISBN: 080651647X Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp. Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Projected Cities : Cinema and Urban Space by Stephen Barber ISBN: 186189127X Publisher: Reaktion Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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