The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in One Volume - Softcover

Katz, Ephraim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060920270 ISBN 13: 9780060920272

Publisher: HarperReference, 1990

Synopsis

Ever since its first publication in 1979, "The Film Encyclopedia" has been considered the most comprehensive one-volume encyclopedia on film in English. Now in its completely revised and updated 3rd edition, this invaluable A-to-Z guide contains more than 7,000 entries on:

Directors, producers, stars, screenwriters and cinematographersStyles, genres and schools of filmmakingFilm-related organizations and eventsIndustry jargon and technical termsInventions, inventors and equipmentAnd more!

Long used by Hollywood insiders as the bible of the film industry, "The Film Encyclopedia" is "the" indispensable film book for moviegoers, students, critics and everyone associated with the art and craft of motion pictures.

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Review:

Most film encyclopaedias are hybrid works, compromised by an editorial staff that attempt to satisfy competing sensibilities. The first Film Encyclopedia was written by a single individual, editor Ephraim Katz, whose personality and charm, vast knowledge and love of cinema shone through every entry. Alas, Katz died in the early 1990s, but this third edition remains true to his vision. It manages to hold on to its exalted place in the vast universe of movie reference guides, even as its new editors have updated the relevant entries through the end of 1997.

Well-written, user-friendly, and bursting with essential data, famous stories, and terrific trivia, this book is the most intelligent and accessible film companion available, a must for every movie lover. Its chief assets are its in-depth entries on actors, directors, writers, cinematographers, composers, and editors, which come complete with date and place of birth as well as an extensive filmography. You can also read the cinematic history of every major film-producing country; look up technical terms like "boom", "dolly" and "Steadicam"; and find the meaning of those illusive phrases that appear so often in movie credits, assignations like "gaffer", "key grip" and "best boy." Whatever the extent of your movie knowledge, whether you're a burgeoning film fanatic or a long-time expert, you'll find yourself turning to this superb volume again and again. --Raphael Shargel, Amazon.com

About the Author:

Ephraim Katz was a writer, journalist and filmmaker who devoted his life to gathering the information in the Film Encyclopedia, and was working on the second edition at the time of his death in 1992. Fred Klein worked in book publishing for thirty years prior to his retirement as vice president and executive editor of Bantam Books. Ronald Dean Nolen is an actor-writer-producer and the former editor of Centerstage, a monthly trade publication of the Society for Theatrical Artists' Guidance and Enhancement (STAGE) in Dallas, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperReference
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0060920270
• ISBN 13: 9780060920272
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1278