Film and Television Books at Dial a Book Sydney

The Devil's Playground
Tsiolkas, Christos
Book Number: 65847
ISBN: 0868196711
Publisher: Currency Press, Strawberry Hills NSW, 2002.
8vo. softcover. 81pp. b/w illus. Very good. An intimate portrait of Tom, a thirteen-year-old struggling in spirit and body with the constraints of living in a Catholic seminary. It is also the story of the Brothers and how they cope with the demands of thier faith. A 1976 semi-autobiographical film by Australian director Fred Schepisi. Christos Tsiolkas invites you into his twenty year journey of viewing, re-viewing and re-imagining the film.
Price: $10.00

The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock. A Memoir Featuring the Screenplay of "Alfred Hitchcock's The Short Night"
Freeman, David
Book Number: 65572
ISBN: 0907516955
Publisher: Pavilion, London 1985.
8vo. hardcover. 281pp. b/w illus. Very good, light foxing to endpapers & outer page edges, snall crease to top corner of a few pages. / Very good d/w.
Price: $15.00

Edge of the Known World. The Australian Film, Television and Radio School.Impressions of the First 25 Years.
Urban, Andrew L. (interviews by).
Book Number: 20808
ISBN:
Publisher: Australian Film Television and Radio School. Sydney. 1998
Large 4to. laminated boards hardcover. 308pp. index. b/w illus. near fine.
Price: $16.00

Sound for Film and Television
Holman, Tomlinson
Book Number: 58625
ISBN: 9780240813301
Publisher: Focal Press, UK 2010
4to. softcover. 248pp. b/w illus. Very good+. Includes DVD.
Price: $30.00

Practical DV Filmmaking
Evans, Russell
Book Number: 58585
ISBN: 9780240807386
Publisher: Focal Press, UK 2007
Large 8vo. softcover. 408pp. index, b/w illus. Very good.
Price: $15.00

DSLR Cinema: Crafting the Film Look with Video
Lancaster, Kurt
Book Number: 58584
ISBN: 9780240815510
Publisher: Focal Press, UK 2011
Large 8vo. softcover. 286pp. index, colour illus. Very good.
Price: $15.00

The Digital Video Manual : A Practical Introduction to Making Professional-Looking Home Movies
MacRae, Kyle
Book Number: 42121
ISBN: 1844251268
Publisher: Haynes 2004
4to. laminated boards, hardcover. 168pp. index, colour illus. Fine.
Price: $25.00

Australian Film Posters: 1906-1960
Adamson, Judith
Book Number: 63931
ISBN: 090802388X
Publisher: Currency Press, Woollahra 1978.
Large 4to. softcoer. 56pp. colour illus. Very good, small crease to front cover corner. Contains full page posters for 24 films with descriptions on opposing pages.
Price: $20.00

Filming the Impossible
Dickinson, Leo
Book Number: 23842
ISBN:
Publisher: London: Jonathan Cape, 1982
8vo. hardcover. 256pp. colour photos. very good+. / very good d/w.
Price: $18.00

No picnic : an autobiography
Lovell, Patricia
Book Number: 56218
ISBN: 073290823X
Publisher: 1995 Sydney Macmillan
8vo. hardcover. 321pp. b/w plates. very good, / very good d/w.
Price: $12.00

"Cinema Paradiso" film script
Tornatore, Giuseppe
Book Number: 42867
ISBN: 0571175163
Publisher: Faber and Faber June 21, 1995
8vo softcover 95pp very good. Screenplay. English. Cinema Pardiso is one of the most honoured films in recent times. Winner of an Oscar for Best Foreign Film, A Golden Globe as well as a host of major European awards. It was voted Best Film of the Decade by the Guardian. The film tells the story of a young boy who is taken in hand by his surrogate father, the projectionist of the local cinema, and initiated into the magic relm of movies. The film is a hymn to movie romance, all the more so since in the real world love is fleeting, full of pain and regret. It is a bittersweet lament for the love that eludes us in real life, but is there to confort us in the dark embrace of the cinema.
Price: $12.00

Starsky and Hutch Annual 1978

Book Number: 39011
ISBN:
Publisher: BBC TV
4to. Pictorial laminated boards. 61pp. Illustrated end pages. Illustrated throughout in colour with photo's and drawings. Crossword has not been filled in.
Price: $15.00

The Bill
Tibballs, Geoff
Book Number: 36907
ISBN:
Publisher: ABC Books 2003
4to hardcover 160pp index, colour illus. very good+ / very good with small tear bottom of spine d/w.
Price: $12.00

Hollywood Tricks of the Trade
Ware, Derek
Book Number: 32126
ISBN: 185171040X
Publisher: Admiral Bks. 1986
4to hardcover 168pp index, colour & b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Price: $12.00

The New York Times Film Reviews 1975-1976
Various
Book Number: 61810
ISBN: 0405106572
Publisher: New York Times 1977.
4to. hardcover. pp.304,50,5. Very good. owner's stamp on bottom edge.
Price: $15.00

The New York Times Film Reviews 1969-1970
Various
Book Number: 61809
ISBN:
Publisher: New York Times 1971.
4to. hardcover. pp.333. Very good. owner's stamp on bottom edge.
Price: $15.00

Doctor Who: The Legend. 4 Decades of Time Travel
Richards, Justin
Book Number: 60336
ISBN: 0563486309
Publisher: ABC Books 2003
4to. softcover. 397pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Very good, some light creases on cover.
Price: $35.00

The Bill - The First 10 Years - Signed x2
Kingsley, Hillary
Book Number: 50858
ISBN: 1852839570
Publisher: ABC Books 1994
4to. Softcover. 128pp. Signed on half-title with dedication by Colin Tarrant (Insp. Monroe) and Simon Rowse (DCI Jack Meadows). Illustrated with colour and b&w photo's. Contents includes Ten Tough Years, Sun Up on Sun Hillo, The Making of an Episode, Identity Parade, All Right on the Night, Teach Yourself Billspeak, Closed Files, Past Stars, Case Book - episode guide.
Price: $15.00

The New York Times Film Reviews 1973-1974
Various
Book Number: 61808
ISBN: 0405066783
Publisher: New York Times 1975.
4to. hardcover. pp.318,52,5. Very good. owner's stamp on bottom edge.
Price: $15.00

The Technique of Film Animation.
Halas, John & Manville, Roger
Book Number: 21635
ISBN:
Publisher: New York and London: Focal. 1971
8vo. hardcover. 360pp. index. b/w illus. very good. / very good d/w.
Price: $12.00

Film scheduling, or, How long will it take to shoot your movie?
Singleton, Ralph S
Book Number: 58624
ISBN: 0943728398
Publisher: Lone Eagle Publishing, New York 1991. 2nd edition.
8vo. softcover. 244pp. index. Very good.
Price: $15.00

Ifp/West Independent Filmmaker's Manual
Laloggia, Nicole Shay;Wurmfeld, Eden H.
Book Number: 61306
ISBN: 0240803892
Publisher: Focal Press, 199.
4to. softcover. 289pp. index. Good, corners bumped. Missing CD.
Price: $15.00

The Essential Digital Video Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Making Videos That Make Money
May, Pete
Book Number: 58626
ISBN: 1592530249
Publisher: RotoVision, USA 2004.
Square 4to. softcover. index, colour illus. Very good.
Price: $12.00

Fantastic TV 50 Years of Cult Fantasy and Science Fiction
Saville, Steven
Book Number: 54795
ISBN: 9780859654203
Publisher: Plexus Publishing, London, 2008.
8vo. softcover. 272pp. b/w illus. Fine.
Price: $10.00

Enough Rope With Andrew Denton
Denton, Andrew - Foreword by Michael Parkinson
Book Number: 53259
ISBN: 0733313612
Publisher: ABC Books 2005
8vo softcover 273pp very good. Contents include Richard E. Grant, Rne Rivkin, Cate Blanchett, Bono, Kiruna Stamell, Bernie and Karen Bantion, Steve Irwin, Tania Major, Peter Singer, Dave Grohl, Three Homeless People - Damo, Elena and Peachy, Alan Bond, Bill Clinton, Jane and Glenn McGrath, Lincoln Hall, Mark Latham, Lee Stringer, Gill Hicks and Joe Kerr, Elton John, Mark Chopper Read, Martg Krelle, Phil and Julie Jamieson, Rolf Harris, Allan Stephan and Jill Hellyer, Mel Brooks, John Coleman and Roger McDuff, Jane Goodall, Three Cabbies - Bruce Tootell, Chris Seroukas and Gerard Donaghy, Pat Rafter, Matt Lucas and David Walliams, Tim Winton, Living Library - Catharina Noren, Sara Lund and Camilla Gisslow, Michael Parkinson.
Price: $10.00

Serials-ly Speaking
Cline, William
Book Number: 49689
ISBN: 0786409185
Publisher: Mcfarland Classics, USA 1994
8vo. softcover. 257pp. index, b/w illus. Near Fine
Price: $15.00

Levinson on Levinson
Thompson, David (Editor)
Book Number: 40105
ISBN: 0571167314
Publisher: Faber & Faber 1992
8vo softcover 170pp index, b/w illus. very good.
Price: $12.00

Jump Cut: Hollywood, Politics and Counter Cinema
Steven, Peter (editor)
Book Number: 40103
ISBN: 0919946550
Publisher: Between the Lines 1985
8vo softcover 400pp index, b/w illus. very good. In the world of film, Hollywood has always been the center of power; it has supplied the dominant voice. Hollywood stars and movies with their sophisticated blend of entertainment, art, and ideology have captivated audiences everywhere. But there is another world of film, perhaps lesser known: the counter-cinema. This kind of film provides a dynamic, growing opposition -- a subservice counterpoint -- to Hollywood. It includes the work of radical Third World filmmakers, the women's movement, gays and lesbians, and the independent left. It is a practice that identifies with political movements in society and has developed a conscious critique of the dominant cinema. The essays in this collection bring together an integrated analysis of Hollywood and the counter-cinema, and call for a political criticism of the cinema.
Price: $10.00