MOVIE PAPERBACKS edited and designed by lan Cameron A series designed to fill the need for authoritative and readable books on important directors. Each volume has well over a hundred stills, closely inte-grated with the text, plus a füll filmography. "Excellent illustrated series . . . it would be hard to find more valuable analyses of these key directors. Important to anyone who cares about the cinema." —London Sunday Times LUIS BUNUEL Raymond Durgnat On its original appearance, this volume was described by Library Journal as an "imaginative and analytical study___Durgnat eloquently explores the ambiguitles and complexities of Bunuel`s themes and Symbols... a splendidly concelved and executed critique of a film maker who is both poet and moralist, Freudian and Marxist, humanist and cynic." Now it has been augmented with four new chapters and additional illustrations. The best available introduction to Bunuei`s work. JOHN FORD Peter Bogdanovich This new Version of Bogdanovich`s marathon interview book, covering Ford`s fifty-year career, includes a charming account of how Ford received Bogdanovich when they first met, on location in Monument Valley, and an elegiac last chapter. The filmography is the most complete ever compiled for Ford, and has been extensively revised. An essential book on a great master. FRANJU Raymond Durgnat "Franju`s career is covered in perceptive detail, emphasizing his Visual predilections, his deliberate use of Surrealist imagery and his moody personality. One of the best volumes in the series, with a complete filmography, substantial bibliography, and a Plethora of revealing stills." —Film News STROHEIM Joel Finler "Solid and informative, summarising the plots of his films, seeable and unseeable, and of his writings, as well as indicating the salient points of his directorial style and creative personality." —New Society LAUREL AND HARDY Charles Barr The first serious crlticial appreciation in Engiish of the work of this prolific comedy team, this study analyzes their stylistic devices and establishes them among the greats of screen comedy.
