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- catalog abstract ""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 Syd 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 Andy and Larry Wachowski's The Matrix - Field provides a guided tour of the basic elements common to all great films. Learn what makes La Grande Illusion a groundbreaking, timeless classic ... how Casablanca teaches one of the most important elements of creating memorable characters for the screen ... why Pulp Fiction might be one of the most influential films of our time." "Discover the legendary filmmakers, films, and stars who shaped Field's understanding of the medium ... Meet Jean Renoir, the great French director who steered his young Berkeley protege away from medicine into film ... Watch a dazzling young Francis Ford Coppola as he directs his thesis film at UCLA ... Spend an amazing summer with Sam Peckinpah as he shares the screenwriting techniques behind his classic western The Wild Bunch. Rich in anecdote and insight, Going to the Movies will both entertain and inform, deepening every moviegoer's appreciation of the magic behind the silver screen."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12286505.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Discover the legendary filmmakers, films, and stars who shaped Field's understanding of the medium ... Meet Jean Renoir, the great French director who steered his young Berkeley protege away from medicine into film ... Watch a dazzling young Francis Ford Coppola as he directs his thesis film at UCLA ... Spend an amazing summer with Sam Peckinpah as he shares the screenwriting techniques behind his classic western The Wild Bunch. Rich in anecdote and insight, Going to the Movies will both entertain and inform, deepening every moviegoer's appreciation of the magic behind the silver screen."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""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 Syd 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 Andy and Larry Wachowski's The Matrix - Field provides a guided tour of the basic elements common to all great films.".
- catalog description "Learn what makes La Grande Illusion a groundbreaking, timeless classic ... how Casablanca teaches one of the most important elements of creating memorable characters for the screen ... why Pulp Fiction might be one of the most influential films of our time."".
- catalog extent "xxiv, 312 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Going to the movies.".
- catalog identifier "0440508495 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Going to the movies.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, N.Y. : Dell Pub.,".
- catalog relation "Going to the movies.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "812/.54 B 21".
- catalog subject "Field, Syd.".
- catalog subject "Motion picture authorship.".
- catalog subject "Motion picture industry United States History.".
- catalog subject "Motion pictures United States History.".
- catalog subject "PS3556.I3967 Z468 2001".
- catalog subject "Screenwriters United States Biography.".
- catalog title "Going to the movies : a personal journey through four decades of modern film / Syd Field.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".