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32%OFFAlexander Mackendrick - On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director - 9780571211258 - V9780571211258
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On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director

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Description for On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 446.

An invaluable analysis of the director's art and craft, from one of the most revered of all film school directors. Alexander 'Sandy' Mackendrick directed classic Ealing comedies plus a Hollywood masterpiece, Sweet Smell of Success. But after retiring from film-making in 1969, he then spent nearly 25 years teaching his craft at the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles.

Mackendrick produced hundreds of pages of masterly handouts and sketches, designed to guide his students to a finer understanding of how to write a story, and then use those devices peculiar to cinema in order to tell ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571211258
SKU
V9780571211258
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About Alexander Mackendrick
Alexander Mackendrick was born in Boston but raised in Scotland. His feature films include Whisky Galore (1948), The Man in the White Suit (1951), Mandy (1952), The Maggie (1954), The Ladykillers (1955), Sweet Smell of Success (1957) and A High Wind in Jamaica (1965). He died in 1993.

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