Recommended Books
All of the books below are highly recommended. You can also shop for pretty much any other book or DVD you like. Purchasing through this store will support Cinephobia. Note that all prices are in US dollars.
Final Cut : Art, Money, and Ego in the Making of Heaven's Gate, the Film That Sank United ArtistsUsing the Force: Creativity, Community and Star Wars Fans (Updated Edition)The Blade Runner Experience: The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic
Final Cut : Art, Money, and Ego in the Maki...
by Steven Bach
$12.89
Possibly the best book ever written about the making of a movie.
Using the Force: Creativity, Community and ...
by Will Brooker
$13.22
I don't normally like audience studies, but this is one of the most interesting books about Star Wars.
The Blade Runner Experience: The Legacy of ...
$22.50
A blatant plug - I have a chapter in this book.
Blockbuster: How Hollywood Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the SummerNigel Andrews on Jaws: A Bloomsbury Movie GuideThe New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Expanded and Updated
Blockbuster: How Hollywood Learned to Stop ...
by Tom Shone

A very enjoyable survey of the post-Lucas/Spielberg cinema, and a riposte to Peter Biskind's Easy Riders Raging Bulls.
Nigel Andrews on Jaws: A Bloomsbury Movie G...
by Nigel Andrews
$15.95
Absolutely, positively, the definitive book on Spielberg's classic.
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Ex...
by David Thomson
$16.47
Occasionally infuriating, but still a must-have.
Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden AgeThe Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of LifeState of the Art
Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in I...
by Michael Barrier
$39.95
Barrier raised the bar for writing on animation with this book.
The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the Amer...
by Steven Watts
$21.86
A strong, balanced study of Disney's cultural legacy.
State of the Art
by Pauline Kael

This wasn't Kael's or the cinema's best period, but the writing is impeccable as ever.
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