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Acting & Cinema
10 books
- The Actor's CraftFree to readA Moscow theatre, an American quarrel, a lens that reads thought, and a false nose.4 chapters
- Becoming Someone ElseFree to readA taxi licence, a wheelchair between takes, sixty pounds in either direction, and one character played twice to an Oscar.4 chapters
- Stories from the SetFree to readLines nobody wrote, a shark that would not work, the legends actors tell, and take after take.4 chapters
- A Short History of the MoviesFree to readA train in a Paris basement, the clowns of the silent era, the talkies and the studios, and the waves that broke them.4 chapters
- How Films SpeakFree to readOne face and three shots, the grammar of the frame, a bomb under the table, and the statuette.4 chapters
- Who Pays and Who Gets PaidFree to readA monopoly broken and restored, a film that never made a profit, and what a residual is.4 chapters
- Making It Look Like ThatFree to readA frame that got wider, a film stock calibrated for somebody, and fifteen minutes of dinosaurs.4 chapters
- HearingFree to readFootsteps performed by hand, lines said again in a booth, a hum from a projector, and two notes.4 chapters
- What You Were Not Allowed to SeeFree to readA seal issued before the cameras turned, a letter nobody trademarked, a list of video nasties, and a flag on a jacket.4 chapters
- Is It True?Free to readAn igloo with one wall missing, a rally built for the cameras, a milkshake in the air, and lemmings that were pushed.4 chapters