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Directing the Non-Actor
Edited by Richard Herskowitz
Blue’s 1960s master class: Renoir, Bresson, Godard, & more reveal how film directors unlock authentic non-actor performances.
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Directing the Non-Actor
Edited by Richard Herskowitz
Blue’s 1965 interviews with Rossellini, Fellini, Pasolini, and De Sica reveal the secrets of directing non-actors.
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Directing the Non-Actor
Edited by Richard Herskowitz
Blue interviews Rouch, Maysles, and Leacock on coaxing truth from non-actors, exposing documentary’s porous boundary between staging and spontaneity.
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Cheshire on Film
Godfrey Cheshire
Godfrey Cheshire’s decades-long critical odyssey. Essays and a lengthy interview about his life and times.
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Broadcasting Democracy
Jay Rozgonyi
How a forgotten New Deal radio division transforming the airwaves into a powerful forum for democracy and social change.
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Shooting Eve
Sam Staggs
Turbulent tales about the making of All About Eve unfold as a real-life screenplay, immersing you in Bette Davis’s feuds, Monroe’s rise, and Hollywood drama.
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Essaying Movies
Phillip Lopate
Phillip Lopate and Carrie Rickey reveal how films, from Ozu to Scorsese, shaped decades of thinking, seeing, and living.
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