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  • Godfather

    The Intimate Francis Ford Coppola

    by Gene D. Phillips ...
    This critical biography by the acclaimed film historian is "certainly the definitive work on the director" behind The Godfather and Apocalypse Now ( Publishers Weekly).Gene Phillips blends biography, studio history, and film criticism to complete the most comprehensive work on Coppola ever written. The force behind such popular and critically acclaimed films as Rumble Fish and the Godfather ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gangsters and G-Men on Screen

    Crime Cinema Then and Now

    by Gene D. Phillips ...
    While the gangster film may have enjoyed its heyday in the 1930s and ’40s, it has remained a movie staple for almost as long as cinema has existed. From the early films of Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and Edward G. Robinson to modern versions like Bugsy, Public Enemies, and Gangster Squad, such films capture the brutality of mobs and their leaders.In Gangsters and G-Men on Screen: Crime Cinema ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Creatures of Darkness

    Raymond Chandler, Detective Fiction, and Film Noir

    by Gene D. Phillips ...
    "[An] exhaustively researched survey of Raymond Chandler's thorny relationship with Hollywood during the classic period of film noir." —Alain Silver, film producer and authorRaymond Chandler's seven novels, including The Big Sleep (1939) and The Long Goodbye (1953), with their pessimism and grim realism, had a direct influence on the emergence of film noir. Chandler worked to give his crime novels ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beyond the Epic

    The Life and Films of David Lean

    by Gene D. Phillips ...
    Two-time Academy Award winner Sir David Lean (1908–1991) was one of the most prominent directors of the twentieth century, responsible for the classics The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and Doctor Zhivago (1965). British-born Lean asserted himself in Hollywood as a major filmmaker with his epic storytelling and panoramic visions of history, but he started out as a ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • The Francis Ford Coppola Encyclopedia

    by James M. Welsh, Gene D. Phillips, Rodney F. Hill ...
    Francis Ford Coppola's career has spanned five decades, from low budget films he produced in the early 1960s to more personal films of recent years. Because of the tremendous popular success of The Godfather and the tremendous critical success of its sequel, Coppola is considered to be one of the best directors of all time.The entries in this encyclopedia focus on all aspects of Coppola's work ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • American Classic Screen Features

    Edited by John C. Tibbetts, James M. Welsh ...
    First appearing in 1976, American Classic Screen was the publishing arm of The National Film Society. Intended for scholars and general readers interested in films from the golden age of cinema and beyond, the magazine ran for a decade and included original interviews, profiles, and articles that delved deep into the rich history of Hollywood. Contributors to the magazine included noted academics ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

  • Audiobook

    Jesus Shines Through

    A Lifelong Search Through Hippies, Communes, Rage, and Church Culture for the God

    by Phillip Cohen ...
    Narrated by Gene Tognacci ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 18 min

    Alone … in the dimly lit cell … I’m pacing the perimeter, trying to outrun my own dark thoughts.I’m only 13 years old. Is this my life and the first step toward dying in a gutter like Dad says I will? Will I be in and out of prison? I walk faster and faster….breaking into a run and then running until I’m exhausted. I unfold the blanket in my cell, spread it on the hard floor, and drop off to sleep ... Read more

    $18.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Some Like It Wilder

    The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder

    by Gene D. Phillips ...
    Series series Screen Classics
    A biography of the six-time Oscar-winning director of films like Some Like It Hot and Double Indemnity, featuring analysis of his work.Although his career spanned fifty years and included more than fifty films, Austrian-American film director Billy Wilder (1906-2002) may be best known for the legendary shot of Marilyn Monroe's dress billowing over a subway grating in The Seven Year Itch (1955). ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Out of the Shadows

    Expanding the Canon of Classic Film Noir

    by Gene D. Phillips ...
    Film noir was a cycle in American cinema which first came into prominence during World War II, peaked in the 1950s, and began to taper off as a definable trend by 1960. Over the years, a group of films from the period emerged as noir standards, beginning with Stranger on the Third Floor in 1940. However, since film noir is too wide-ranging, it cannot be kept within the narrow limits of the ... Read more

    $46.99 USD