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Best Sellers
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Audrey: The Girl Before the Girl
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- Written by: Adam Roche
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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Audrey Hepburn became an instant Hollywood icon whose style and talent instantly captured the public’s imagination....
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The Way Hollywood Tells It
- Story and Style in Modern Movies
- Written by: David Bordwell
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Hollywood moviemaking is one of the constants of American life, but how much has it changed since the glory days of the big studios? Find out....
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A Universe of Horrors
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- Written by: Adam Roche
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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Delving deep into the darkest corners of horror movies this series explores the highs and lows of the blood and gore genre following, in particular, the changing fortunes of Universal Horror....
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Bullets and Blood
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- Written by: Adam Roche
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
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The story of the Warner Brothers studio is the story of the American dream - an immigrant family who escaped a violent beginning, and arrived penniless in America....
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Spider-Man and Philosophy
- The Web of Inquiry
- Written by: William Irwin, Jonathan J. Sanford
- Narrated by: Alan Marriott
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Since Stan Lee and Marvel introduced Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy 15 in 1962, everyone's favorite webslinger has had a long career in comics, graphic novels, cartoons, movies, and even on Broadway....
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The Adventures of Alfred Hitchcock
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- Written by: Adam Roche
- Length: 19 hrs and 35 mins
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In the 1920s, Alfred Hitchcock, the son of a shopkeeper, embarked on a career in the fledgling movie industry, and things were never the same again....
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An Extremely Well Directed & Narrated Story
- By Ashwin on 12-01-21
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Audrey: The Girl Before the Girl
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- Written by: Adam Roche
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Original Recording
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Audrey Hepburn became an instant Hollywood icon whose style and talent instantly captured the public’s imagination....
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The Way Hollywood Tells It
- Story and Style in Modern Movies
- Written by: David Bordwell
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Hollywood moviemaking is one of the constants of American life, but how much has it changed since the glory days of the big studios? Find out....
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A Universe of Horrors
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- Written by: Adam Roche
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Original Recording
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Delving deep into the darkest corners of horror movies this series explores the highs and lows of the blood and gore genre following, in particular, the changing fortunes of Universal Horror....
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Bullets and Blood
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- Written by: Adam Roche
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
- Original Recording
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The story of the Warner Brothers studio is the story of the American dream - an immigrant family who escaped a violent beginning, and arrived penniless in America....
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Spider-Man and Philosophy
- The Web of Inquiry
- Written by: William Irwin, Jonathan J. Sanford
- Narrated by: Alan Marriott
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Since Stan Lee and Marvel introduced Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy 15 in 1962, everyone's favorite webslinger has had a long career in comics, graphic novels, cartoons, movies, and even on Broadway....
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The Adventures of Alfred Hitchcock
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- Written by: Adam Roche
- Length: 19 hrs and 35 mins
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In the 1920s, Alfred Hitchcock, the son of a shopkeeper, embarked on a career in the fledgling movie industry, and things were never the same again....
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An Extremely Well Directed & Narrated Story
- By Ashwin on 12-01-21
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Iron Man and Philosophy
- Facing the Stark Reality
- Written by: William Irwin - editor, Mark D. White - editor
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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On the surface, Iron Man appears to be a straightforward superhero, another rich guy fighting crime with fancy gadgets. But beneath the shiny armor and flashy technology lies Tony Stark, brilliant inventor and eccentric playboy....
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Feel Free
- Essays
- Written by: Zadie Smith
- Narrated by: Nikki Amuka-Bird
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
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The one and only Zadie Smith, prize-winning, best-selling author of White Teeth, is back with a second unmissable collection of essays. No subject is too fringe or too mainstream....
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Miyazakiworld
- A Life in Art
- Written by: Susan Napier
- Narrated by: Susan Napier
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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Japanese culture and animation scholar Susan Napier explores the life and art of extraordinary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, including his significant impact on Japan and the world, to provide a definitive account of his oeuvre....
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The Movie Book
- Written by: DK
- Narrated by: Peter Guiness
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Beginning with the iconic La Voyage Dans La Lune (1902) and ending with Richard Linklater's groundbreaking Boyhood (2014), The Movie Book chronicles more than 100 of the best films ever made....
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The Office
- The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History
- Written by: Andy Greene
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Holter Graham, P.J. Ochlan,
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The untold stories behind The Office, one of the most iconic television shows of the 21st century, told by its creators, writers, and actors....
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Inception and Philosophy
- Because It's Never Just a Dream
- Written by: David Kyle Johnson, William Irwin
- Narrated by: Charles Carroll, Ray Chase, Paul Heitsch,
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Is the top still spinning? Was it all a dream? In the world of Christopher Nolan's four-time Academy Award-winning movie, people can share one another's dreams and alter their beliefs and thoughts. Inception is a metaphysical heist film that raises more questions than it answers....
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De Niro
- A Life
- Written by: Shawn Levy
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 21 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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There's little debate that Robert De Niro is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, screen actors of his generation, perhaps of all time....
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Love, Groucho
- Letters from Groucho Marx to His Daughter Miriam
- Written by: Groucho Marx
- Narrated by: Frank Ferrante
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Abridged
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Having saved virtually every letter her father wrote to her between the years 1938, when she was 11 years old, and 1967, Miriam Marx' letters...
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Batman and Psychology
- A Dark and Stormy Knight
- Written by: Travis Langley
- Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Batman is one of the most compelling characters to come from the Golden Age of Comics, and interest in his story has only increased since his first appearance in 1939. Why does this superhero without superpowers fascinate us? What does that fascination say about us?
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'House' and Philosophy
- Everybody Lies
- Written by: Henry Jacoby
- Narrated by: Henry Jacoby
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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An unauthorized look at the philosophical issues raised by popular television show House....
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The Greatest Show on Earth
- Writings on Bollywood
- Written by: Jerry Pinto (editor)
- Narrated by: Sanjiv Jhaveri
- Length: 19 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Bollywood rules our lives: It entertains us, gives us dreams, fills us with longing, makes us laugh. It is glorious and it is absurd....
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I'm Judging You
- The Do-Better Manual
- Written by: Luvvie Ajayi
- Narrated by: Luvvie Ajayi
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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Comedian, activist, and hugely popular culture blogger at AwesomelyLuvvie.com Luvvie Ajayi serves up necessary advice for the masses in this hilarious book of essays....
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The Queer Art of Failure
- Written by: Jack Halberstam
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives - to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society; to academic disciplines that confirm what is already known according to approved methods of knowing; and to cultural criticism....
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Best of Sundance Film Festival 2021
- Written by: The Sundance Film Festival
- Narrated by: John Nein
- Length: Not Yet Known
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Audible is proud to sponsor the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in our continued commitment to providing a home for bold creators and their extraordinary stories....
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Transforming Harry
- The Adaptation of Harry Potter in the Transmedia Age
- Written by: John Alberti - Edited by, P. Andrew Miller - Edited by
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell, Esther Wane
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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Transforming Harry: The Adaptation of Harry Potter in the Transmedia Age is an edited volume of eight essays that look at how the cinematic versions of the seven Harry Potter novels represent an unprecedented cultural event in the history of cinematic adaptation....
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I Like to Watch
- Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution
- Written by: Emily Nussbaum
- Narrated by: Emily Nussbaum
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
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From The New Yorker’s fiercely original, Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic, a provocative collection of new and previously published essays arguing that we are what we watch....
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Hunting Witches with Walt Disney
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- Written by: Adam Roche
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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Once upon a time... Hollywood went to war with itself. In the mid-1930s, Communism began to find its way into the film capital of the world....
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Sex in Monochrome
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- Written by: Adam Roche
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
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Guiding us through Hollywood’s varying views and use of sex in its pictures, Adam Roche takes us back to 1921 when Hollywood's fascination with sex is seemingly unstoppable....
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The Game is Afoot
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- Written by: Adam Roche
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
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In 1939, 20th Century Fox teamed Basil Rathbone with Nigel Bruce in their lavish production of The Hound Of The Baskervilles and Hollywood introduced one of the most enduring detectives to the world of film....
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If Chins Could Kill
- Confessions of a B Movie Actor
- Written by: Bruce Campbell
- Narrated by: Bruce Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Life is full of choices. Right now, yours is whether or not to buy the autobiography of a mid-grade, kind of hammy actor....
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You're Lucky You're Funny
- How Life Becomes a Sitcom
- Written by: Phil Rosenthal
- Narrated by: Phil Rosenthal
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The creator and executive producer of Everybody Loves Raymond dissects the art of comedy and the making of a sitcom classic....
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Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
- Audiofilm. La guida in audio al capolavoro di Giuseppe Tornatore
- Written by: Piero Di Domenico
- Narrated by: Stefano Lavori
- Length: 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Vincitore dell'Oscar nel 1990, Nuovo Cinema paradiso, è il film più conosciuto di Giuseppe Tornatore. Nel secondo dopoguerra, in un paesino siciliano, Giancaldo....
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Stanley Kubrick and Me
- Thirty Years at His Side
- Written by: Emilio D'Alessandro, Filippo Ulivieri, Simon Marsh - translator
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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This intimate portrait by his former personal assistant and confidante reveals the man behind the legendary filmmaker - for the first time....
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Family Don't End with Blood
- Cast and Fans on How Supernatural Has Changed Lives
- Written by: Lynn S. Zubernis
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead, Gabra Zackman
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Supernatural, a three-time People's Choice Award winner for Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show and Tumblr's 2015 Most Reblogged "Live Action TV", has made a name for itself by supporting and encouraging its fans to "always keep fighting", a memorable line from early in the show's run....
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Back from the Future
- A Celebration of the Greatest Time Travel Story Ever Told
- Written by: Brad Gilmore
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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The Back to the Future series is a timeless collection that is greatly revered by all audiences. Brad Gilmore discusses these films from a place of passion and so effectively reveals how the history behind the movies is just as engaging as the films themselves....
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Down and Dirty Pictures
- Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film
- Written by: Peter Biskind
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 23 hrs and 30 mins
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Candid, penetrating and controversial, Down and Dirty Pictures is a must-read for anyone interested in the film world....
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The Sopranos Sessions
- Written by: Matt Zoller Seitz, Alan Sepinwall, David Chase,
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 18 hrs and 37 mins
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On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist's office and changed TV history. By shattering preconceptions about the kinds of stories the medium should tell, The Sopranos launched our current age of prestige television....
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The Pixar Touch
- The Making of a Company
- Written by: David A. Price
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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The Pixar Touch is a lively chronicle of Pixar Animation Studios' history and evolution, and the "fraternity of geeks" who shaped it....
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
- How the Sex-Drugs-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
- Written by: Peter Biskind
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 23 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook follows the wild ride that was Hollywood in the 70s - an unabashed celebration of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll and a climate where innovation reigned supreme....
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All the Pieces Matter
- The Inside Story of The Wire
- Written by: Jonathan Abrams
- Narrated by: Jonathan Abrams, January LaVoy, Prentice Onayemi,
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive oral history of the iconic and beloved TV show The Wire, as told by the actors, writers, directors and others involved in its creation....
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Picturing Peter Bogdanovich
- My Conversations with the New Hollywood Director
- Written by: Peter Tonguette
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1971, Newsweek heralded The Last Picture Show as "the most impressive work by a young American director since Citizen Kane." Indeed, few filmmakers rivaled Peter Bogdanovich's popularity over the next decade. Riding the success of What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973), Bogdanovich became a bona fide celebrity, making regular appearances in his own movie trailers, occasionally hosting late-night television shows, and publicly advocating for mentors John Ford and Howard Hawks.
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A Light in the Dark
- A History of Movie Directors
- Written by: David Thomson
- Narrated by: David Thomson
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Directors operate behind the scenes managing actors, establishing a cohesive creative vision, at times literally guiding our eyes with the eye of the camera. But we are often so dazzled by the visions onscreen that it is easy to forget the individual who is off-screen orchestrating the entire production - to say nothing of their having marshaled a script, a studio, and other people's money. David Thomson, in his usual brilliantly insightful way, shines a light on the visionary directors who have shaped modern cinema and, through their work, studies the very nature of film direction.
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I sette peccati di Hollywood
- Written by: Oriana Fallaci
- Narrated by: Vanessa Lonardelli
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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È il 9 gennaio 1956 quando Oriana Fallaci, inviata de "L'Europeo", giunge per la prima volta a Hollywood per comprenderne i meccanismi nascosti e raccontare senza filtri il mondo del cinema e i suoi segreti. Negli anni seguenti Oriana torna nuovamente negli Stati Uniti, va a visitare le dimore degli attori, entra negli studios e partecipa a feste esclusive, illuminando ipocrisie, ambizioni e rimpianti delle star in interviste appassionate e franche. Seguendo il filo dei sette peccati capitali, la Fallaci conduce la sua inchiesta con ironia e profonda comprensione umana.
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Robert Altman and the Elaboration of Hollywood Storytelling
- Written by: Mark Minett
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Robert Altman and the Elaboration of Hollywood Storytelling reveals an Altman barely glimpsed in previous critical accounts of the filmmaker. This re-examination of his seminal work during the "Hollywood Renaissance" or "New Hollywood" period of the early 1970s (including M*A*S*H and Nashville) sheds new light on both the films and the filmmaker, reframing Altman as a complex, pragmatic innovator whose work exceeds, but is also grounded in, the norms of classical Hollywood storytelling rather than someone who rejected those norms in favor of modernist art cinema.
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A Long, Long Way
- Hollywood's Unfinished Journey from Racism to Reconciliation
- Written by: Greg Garrett
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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From the beginning, American cinema has been both a powerful mythmaker and a social critic. D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation, arguably the first feature film, shows us just how early in its history cinema had established its influence. Birth of a Nation famously portrayed the Ku Klux Klan in a favorable light, a portrayal that contributed to the modern resurgence of the group and brought racist depictions of African Americans imported from the minstrel show to the silver screen. In response, filmmakers of color have created nuanced and indelible portraits of race.
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Close-Up on Sunset Boulevard
- Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark Hollywood Dream
- Written by: Sam Staggs
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, a classic film noir and also a damning dissection of the Hollywood dream factory, evokes the glamour and ruin of the stars who subsist on that dream. It’s also one long in-joke about the movie industry and those who made it great - and who were, in turn, destroyed by it. One of the most critically admired films of the 20th century, Sunset Boulevard is also famous as silent-star Gloria Swanson’s comeback picture.
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Picturing Peter Bogdanovich
- My Conversations with the New Hollywood Director
- Written by: Peter Tonguette
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1971, Newsweek heralded The Last Picture Show as "the most impressive work by a young American director since Citizen Kane." Indeed, few filmmakers rivaled Peter Bogdanovich's popularity over the next decade. Riding the success of What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973), Bogdanovich became a bona fide celebrity, making regular appearances in his own movie trailers, occasionally hosting late-night television shows, and publicly advocating for mentors John Ford and Howard Hawks.
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A Light in the Dark
- A History of Movie Directors
- Written by: David Thomson
- Narrated by: David Thomson
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Directors operate behind the scenes managing actors, establishing a cohesive creative vision, at times literally guiding our eyes with the eye of the camera. But we are often so dazzled by the visions onscreen that it is easy to forget the individual who is off-screen orchestrating the entire production - to say nothing of their having marshaled a script, a studio, and other people's money. David Thomson, in his usual brilliantly insightful way, shines a light on the visionary directors who have shaped modern cinema and, through their work, studies the very nature of film direction.
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I sette peccati di Hollywood
- Written by: Oriana Fallaci
- Narrated by: Vanessa Lonardelli
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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È il 9 gennaio 1956 quando Oriana Fallaci, inviata de "L'Europeo", giunge per la prima volta a Hollywood per comprenderne i meccanismi nascosti e raccontare senza filtri il mondo del cinema e i suoi segreti. Negli anni seguenti Oriana torna nuovamente negli Stati Uniti, va a visitare le dimore degli attori, entra negli studios e partecipa a feste esclusive, illuminando ipocrisie, ambizioni e rimpianti delle star in interviste appassionate e franche. Seguendo il filo dei sette peccati capitali, la Fallaci conduce la sua inchiesta con ironia e profonda comprensione umana.
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Robert Altman and the Elaboration of Hollywood Storytelling
- Written by: Mark Minett
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Robert Altman and the Elaboration of Hollywood Storytelling reveals an Altman barely glimpsed in previous critical accounts of the filmmaker. This re-examination of his seminal work during the "Hollywood Renaissance" or "New Hollywood" period of the early 1970s (including M*A*S*H and Nashville) sheds new light on both the films and the filmmaker, reframing Altman as a complex, pragmatic innovator whose work exceeds, but is also grounded in, the norms of classical Hollywood storytelling rather than someone who rejected those norms in favor of modernist art cinema.
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A Long, Long Way
- Hollywood's Unfinished Journey from Racism to Reconciliation
- Written by: Greg Garrett
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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From the beginning, American cinema has been both a powerful mythmaker and a social critic. D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation, arguably the first feature film, shows us just how early in its history cinema had established its influence. Birth of a Nation famously portrayed the Ku Klux Klan in a favorable light, a portrayal that contributed to the modern resurgence of the group and brought racist depictions of African Americans imported from the minstrel show to the silver screen. In response, filmmakers of color have created nuanced and indelible portraits of race.
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Close-Up on Sunset Boulevard
- Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark Hollywood Dream
- Written by: Sam Staggs
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, a classic film noir and also a damning dissection of the Hollywood dream factory, evokes the glamour and ruin of the stars who subsist on that dream. It’s also one long in-joke about the movie industry and those who made it great - and who were, in turn, destroyed by it. One of the most critically admired films of the 20th century, Sunset Boulevard is also famous as silent-star Gloria Swanson’s comeback picture.