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Gandolfini : Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend. by Bailey, Jason.;
More than a decade after his sudden passing, James Gandolfini still exerts a powerful pull on television and film enthusiasts around the world. Based on extensive research and original reporting, including interviews with friends and collaborators, 'Gandolfini' by critic and historian Jason Bailey traces the twinned stories of the man and the unforgettable roles he played.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism;
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The Golden Hour : A Story of Family and Power in Hollywood. by Specktor, Matthew.;
'The Golden Hour' explores the struggles between art and business at the heart of modern Hollywood, through the eyes of the talent that shaped it, Fred Specktor. Drawing on extensive research and the insights and memories of Specktor's father, this book is filled with details of the classic Hollywood era and has appearances by iconic actors and directors from the 50s to today, from Jack Nicholson to Marlon Brando to Morgan Freeman.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Entertainment; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism;
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Hamlet Within. by McMullen, Ken,film director.; Pinon, Dominique,actor.; Wright, Gabriella,actor.; McKellen, Ian,actor.; Shrapnel, John,actor.; Shrapnel, Lex,actor.; Wilson, Richard,actor.; Screenbound Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Dominique Pinon, Gabriella Wright, Ian McKellen, John Shrapnel, Lex Shrapnel, Richard WilsonOriginally produced by Screenbound Pictures in 2022.HAMLET WITHIN is a radical cinematic investigation into the myth of Hamlet, its origins, and its enduring appeal across cultures and systems of beliefs. Drawing on postmodernist movements in Art, History, Philosophy, and Psychoanalysis, the work asks the question: “Why Hamlet?” and more appropriately perhaps, “Why Now?”.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Literature.; Arts.; Performing arts.; Documentary films.; Artists.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Psychoanalysis.; Art--History.; Art and architecture.;
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Let's Get Lost. by Weber, Bruce,film director.; Baker, Chet,actor.; Isaak, Chris,actor.; Flea,actor.; Marie, Lisa,actor.; Kino Lorber (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Chet Baker, Chris Isaak, Flea, Lisa MarieOriginally produced by Kino Lorber in 1988.Traveling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter Chet Baker, Bruce Weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great. The film uses excerpts from Italian B movies, rare performance footage, and candid interviews with Baker, musicians, friends, battling ex-wives, and his children in what turned out to be the last year of his life. Winner of the 1989 Critics Prize at the Venice Film Festival and nominated for an Academy Award, LET'S GET LOST has become an important document in the career of the filmmaker on the life of a jazz legend. Since its release in 1989 LET'S GET LOST has introduced a whole new generation of jazz enthusiasts to the timeless talent of the late Chet Baker.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Music.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Artists.; History.; Biography.; Jazz.; Performing arts.;
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Clint : The Man and the Movies. by Levy, Shawn.;
From the acclaimed film critic and NYT bestselling biographer Shawn Levy comes the definitive biography of Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood, the most prolific and versatile actor-director in the history of the medium, and an indelible fixture of American culture.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Westerns; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism; PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director (see also BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Perfor;
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Los Hermanos/The Brothers. by Schneider, Ken,film director.; Jarmel, Marcia,film director.; PatchWorks Productions (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by PatchWorks Productions in 2020.Virtuoso Afro-Cuban-born brothers—violinist Ilmar and pianist Aldo—live on opposite sides of a geopolitical chasm a half-century wide. Tracking their parallel lives in New York and Havana, their poignant reunion, and their momentous first performances together, Los Hermanos/The Brothers offers a nuanced, often startling view of estranged nations through the lens of music and family.Featuring an electrifying, genre-bending score, composed by Cuban Aldo López-Gavilán, performed with his American brother, Ilmar, and with guest appearances by maestro Joshua Bell and the Harlem Quartet.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Music.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Artists.; History.; Families.; Cuba.; Hispanic Americans.; Performing arts.;
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Fire Music. by Surgal, Tom,film director.; Ayler, Albert,actor.; Taylor, Cecil,actor.; Coltrane, John,actor.; Films We Like (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor, John ColtraneOriginally produced by Films We Like in 2021.FIRE MUSIC tells the history of the Free Jazz Revolution. Capturing the sights and sounds of one of the most innovative movements in music history, the intensity of the music and the outlandish personalities of the artists who played it make for a compelling story.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Music.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Artists.; History.; Jazz.; African American artists.; Musicians.; African American musicians.; Performing arts.;
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Cooler Than Cool : The Life and Work of Elmore Leonard. by Kushins, C. M.;
Elmore Leonard was the screenwriter for Clint Eastwood's 'Joe Kidd' and Charles Bronson's 'Mr. Majestyk', and his work was the source material for '3:10 to Yuma', 'Hombre', Quentin Tarantino's 'Jackie Brown', Barry Sonnenfeld's 'Get Shorty', Steven Soderbergh's 'Out of Sight', and 'Justified' on FX. His contributions to the media landscape of the 20th century are huge, and 'Cooler Than Cool' goes behind the scenes of Leonard's performances in and adapted by Hollywood.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures; HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Fiction Writing; LITERARY CRITICISM: Modern / 20th Century; LITERARY CRITICISM: Mystery & Detective; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Crime; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Westerns;
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Squaring the Circle. by Corbijn, Anton,film director.; Powell, Aubrey,actor.; Gallagher, Noel,actor.; McCartney, Paul,actor.; Gabriel, Peter,actor.; Plant, Robert,actor.; Thorgerson, Storm,actor.; Utopia (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Aubrey Powell, Noel Gallagher, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, Storm ThorgersonOriginally produced by Utopia in 2022.Celebrated photographer, creative director and filmmaker Anton Corbijn's first feature documentary SQUARING THE CIRCLE: THE STORY OF HIPGNOSIS tells the story of Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey "Po" Powell, the creative geniuses behind the iconic album art design studio, Hipgnosis, responsible for some of the most recognizable album covers of all time, including "The Dark Side of the Moon" and "Band on the Run." They formed Hipgnosis in Cambridge during the ferment of the sixties and became rock royalty during the boom time of the seventies. They conjured into existence sights that no one had previously thought possible, produced visuals which popularized music that had previously been considered fringe, and were at the white-hot center of the maddest, funniest and most creative era in the history of popular music. The film features brand new interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour & Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, Jimmy Page & Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Graham Gouldman of 10cc, Noel Gallagher, and many more!Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Mass media.; Digital communications.; Design.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Music.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Mass media and culture.; Artists.; History.; Popular culture.; Music--History and criticism.; Architecture.; Performing arts.; Art and architecture.;
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat. by Grimonprez, Johan,film director.; Lincoln, Abbey,actor.; Blouin, Andrée,actor.; Gillespie, Dizzy,actor.; Coltrane, John,actor.; Armstrong, Louis,actor.; Simone, Nina,actor.; Films We Like (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Abbey Lincoln, Andrée Blouin, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Nina SimoneOriginally produced by Films We Like in 2024.United Nations, 1960: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe, and the U.S. State Department swings into action, sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to Congo to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup. Director Johan Grimonprez captures the moment when African politics and American jazz collided in this magnificent essay film, a riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congo’s leader Patrice Lumumba. Richly illustrated by eyewitness accounts, official government memos, testimonies from mercenaries and CIA operatives, speeches from Lumumba himself, and a veritable canon of jazz icons, SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT interrogates colonial history to tell an urgent and timely story of precedent that resonates more than ever in today’s geopolitical climate.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Arts.; African studies.; Foreign study.; Music.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Artists.; Current affairs.; History.; Jazz.; United States. Central Intelligence Agency.; Congo (Democratic Republic).; United Nations.; Assassination.; Performing arts.;
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