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The 100 Best Movie Books of All Time - Hollywood Reporter (Part 2)

Part two of The Hollywood Reporter's thorough survey of essential books about films and filmmaking.
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Sculpting in Time (Andrey Tarkovsky)
Sculpting in Time
1
Andrey Tarkovsky
Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War (Mark Harris)
Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War
2
Mark Harris
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty
3
Elmore Leonard
Naming Names (Victor S. Navasky)
Naming Names
4
Victor S. Navasky
Life Itself (Robert Rosen)
Life Itself
5
Robert Rosen
Lulu in Hollywood (Louise Brooks)
Lulu in Hollywood
6
Louise Brooks
Notes on the Cinematograph (Robert Bresson)
Notes on the Cinematograph
7
Robert Bresson
A Biographical Dictionary of Film (David Thomson)
A Biographical Dictionary of Film
8
David Thomson
Toms, Coons, Mulattos, Mammies and Bucks: An Interpretative History of Blacks in American Films (Donald Bogle)
Toms, Coons, Mulattos, Mammies and Bucks: An Interpretative History of Blacks in American Films
9
Donald Bogle
The Name Above the Title (Frank Capra)
The Name Above the Title
10
Frank Capra
Hit and Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony for a Ride in Hollywood (Nancy Griffin/Kim Maesters)
Hit and Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony for a Ride in Hollywood
11
Nancy Griffin/Kim Maesters
The Big Goodbye (Sam Wasson)
The Big Goodbye
12
Sam Wasson
Down and Dirty Pictures (Peter Biskind)
Down and Dirty Pictures
13
Peter Biskind
Who the Devil Made It (Bogdonovich)
Who the Devil Made It
14
Bogdonovich
What Is Cinema?: Volume 1 (André Bazin, Jean Renoir)
What Is Cinema?: Volume 1
15
André Bazin, Jean Renoir
Postcards From the Edge (Carrie Fisher)
Postcards From the Edge
16
Carrie Fisher
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
17
Joan Didion
Agee on Film (James Agee)
Agee on Film
18
James Agee
The Player (Michael Tolkien)
The Player
19
Michael Tolkien
Picture (Lillian Ross)
Picture
20
Lillian Ross
Indecent Exposure (David McClintick)
Indecent Exposure
21
David McClintick
City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's (Otto Friedrich)
City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's
22
Otto Friedrich
Memo From David O. Selznick (Selznick)
Memo From David O. Selznick
23
Selznick
In the Blink of an Eye (Walter Murch)
In the Blink of an Eye
24
Walter Murch
The Devil's Candy (Julie Salamon)
The Devil's Candy
25
Julie Salamon
The Last Tycoon (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Last Tycoon
26
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Conversations With Wilder (Cameron Crowe)
Conversations With Wilder
27
Cameron Crowe
The Celluloid Closet (Vito Russo)
The Celluloid Closet
28
Vito Russo
Goldwyn: A Biography (A. Scott Berg)
Goldwyn: A Biography
29
A. Scott Berg
Final Cut: Dreams and Disaster in the Making of Heaven's Gate
Final Cut: Dreams and Disaster in the Making of Heaven's Gate
30
Leonard Maltin Movie Guide 2012 (Leonard Maltin)
Leonard Maltin Movie Guide 2012
31
Leonard Maltin
Hollywood Babylon (Kenneth Anger)
Hollywood Babylon
32
Kenneth Anger
The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era (Thomas Schatz)
The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era
33
Thomas Schatz
The American Cinema (Andrew Sarris)
The American Cinema
34
Andrew Sarris
Mike Nichols: A Life (Mark Harris)
Mike Nichols: A Life
35
Mark Harris
From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies (Molly Haskell)
From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies
36
Molly Haskell
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
37
Nathanael West
The Parade's Gone by (Brownlow)
The Parade's Gone By
38
Brownlow
What Makes Sammy Run? (Budd Schulberg)
What Makes Sammy Run?
39
Budd Schulberg
Pictures at a Revolution (Mark Harris)
Pictures at a Revolution
40
Mark Harris
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