The Making of Feature Films: A Guide

Penguin, 1971. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 1971 First Edition paperback. UNREAD COPY with unmarked pages and firm binding. Paper cover shows minor shelf-rubbing and minimal edge wear. This is NOT an ex-library book and not a remainder. A tight, intact and very useful copy. 191 pages, includes index, plus center section of photos. "Whether, like director Richard Lester, you think of the feature film as an art form or, like J. Lee-Thompson, as 'a mass entertainment medium,' your experience of cinema is probably based on full-length feature films. As projected, they strike you as single entities: yet each film springs from the coordinated teamwork of a host of people - director, producer, scriptwriter, actor, designer, cameraman, editor and many more. This book sets out 'to describe systematically the inner workings of the film industry in the words of its workers.' Ivan Butler lets each expert speak for himself, from such well-known directors and actors as Lindsay Anderson and Richard Attenborough, to the more anonymous, but equally vital technicians and distributors. THE MAKING OF FEATURE FILMS offers a valuable guide to the intriguing world of the feature film industry.