American Cinematographer - June 1985 - 14

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PROFESSIONAL

MOTION PICTURE & VIDEO
SALES & RENTALS

The film industry's headlong rush into
electronics gives particular timeliness to

book, Electronic Cinematogra¬
phy. Written by cameraman Harry
Mathias, an authority on the merging of
a new

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July 31 st,

land. The rationale for Greene's gener¬

ally disenchanted views are discerningly
analyzed in this thoughtful study (Mer¬
rimack, Salem, NH, $22.95],
In

Martial Arts Movies,

the ethnic

origins and prodigious inter¬
popularity of kungfu, karate and
similar combat sports are traced by
Richard Meyers et al. with zestful ap¬
preciation of the films and their charis¬
national

matic

stars

[Citadel. Secaucus, NJ,

$19.95],

petus in the 30s and 40s to the art of
cartooning [MacFarland. Box 611,
Jefferson, NC, $16.96],
The tragic and sometimes
suspicious deaths of Hollywood celebri¬

ties, from Thelma Todd

to

John Belushi,

recapped by Laurie Jacobson in
Hollywood Heartbreak with proper
regard for popular mythology [Simon &
Schuster, New York, $8.95].
Top filmmakers offer articu¬
late and challenging opinions on various
aspects of their craft in Film Forum,
are

assembled

The

long-time expertise of
L. B. "Bill" Abbott, ASC, in designing
executing the sophisiticated tech¬
nology involved in such spectacular

by researcher Ellen Oumano.
Bertolucci, Fass¬
binder, Forman, Scorsese, cameraman
Directors Altman,

Nestor Almendros, ASC, and documentarians Barbara
are

(HOWARD)

495-3852

an

scriptwriter and film critic is assessed
by Quentin Falk in Travels in Greene-

and

Adolph Gasser
S.F. (415)

Lenburg shows the contri¬

Fleischer, Hanna and Barbera, and
Chuck Jones. Their personal style and
technical innovations gave decisive im¬

only.

181 SECOND ST.

In The Great Cartoon Di¬
rectors, Jeff

Graham Greene's 60-year in¬
volvement in cinema as author, adapter,

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Splash!. A full-color collection of com¬
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points up Disney's influence in yet an¬
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and writers. He is shown

Studio movie
cartoons, features, TV
shows - from the first Mickey Mouse
Plane Crazy (1928) to last year's

bution to animated shorts of such
creative artists as Friz Freleng, Dave

3x200' mags

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George Roy Hill spotlights the char¬

Leonard Maltin's The Dis¬

Films, updated and expanded, dis¬
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ironic, bittersweet vision
of life (Columbia U. Press, New York,

Eumig, 16, 25mm

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acteristics of Hill's work through inter¬
views with Hill himself and with actors

Special Effects - Wire, Tape and
Rubber Band Style, Abbott's unique
inventiveness and originality, applied
over 50 years in hundreds of major
productions, blanket the whole field of
visual movie magic [ASC, Hollywood,
$29.95],

Girl, with

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director, Andrew Horton's The Films

$3800

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approaches the problem from the cam¬
eraman's point of view, rather than the
engineer's. The book offers an expert
and thorough analysis of video's current
status and its potential in technology
and esthetics, and discusses equipment
and its utilization in practical terms. It
also goes a long way toward de-mystifying video and laying the groundwork for
a truly creative use of the medium
(iWadsworth, Belmont, CA. $22.95].
A perceptive portrait of a top

storyteller, infusing his films, such as
The Sting and The Little Drummer

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film and video, and Richard Patterson, it

films as The Towering inferno, The
Poseidon Adventure and Torn! Torai
Tora! is told in explicit and fascinating
detail in his colorful autobiography,

among

Kopple and Al Maysles

the 35 personalities talking
continued

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