Sidney lumet book on directing. Customers who viewed this item also viewed. Throughout a prolific career sidney lumet 1924 2011 emerged as one of the most acclaimed directors of his time recognized for his accomplishments in theater tv and especially film twelve angry men dog day afternoon network etc. In a quote from his book lumet emphasized the logistics of directing.
Each setup is like a tiny tile a setup the basic component of a films production consists of one camera position and its associated lighting. Although his politics were somewhat left leaning and he often. Readers are gifted with forty years of experience making movies when reading lumets masterful book.
The book itself is both a memoir of lumets inspiring life and a guide to the art craft and business of the motion picture. Sidney lumet was a master of cinema best known for his technical knowledge and his skill at getting first rate performances from his actors and for shooting most of his films in his beloved new york. Someone once asked me what making a movie was like.
Sidney lumets knowledge of the art and craft of directing is considerable and here he discusses everything from art direction and wardrobe shooting and editing the verbal and mechanical soundtracks to the distribution and marketing of a film and the role of the studio. Acclaimed as the ultimate new york movie director sidney lumet began his astonishing five decades long directing career with the now classic 12 angry men followed by such landmark films as serpico dog day afternoon and network. The first ever biography of the seminal american director whose remarkable life traces a line through american entertainment history.
I said it was like making a mosaic. A well grounded biography of the american directors expansive career. For in this book sidney lumet one of our most consistently acclaimed directors gives us both a professional memoir and a definitive guide to the art craft and business of the motion picture.
He made over 40 movies often complex and emotional but seldom overly sentimental. Making movies comes from one of americas most acclaimed directors sidney lumet. His biography takes us from the world of yiddish theater to broadway spectacles then inside the federal theater the group theatre the actors studio and the early golden age of television all of whi.
His life and films is the first ever biography of this seminal american director whose remarkable life traces a line through american entertainment history.