[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: Get Reacquainted with the Masters

[Donald Boozer]

This week's posting from the Literature Department at
Cleveland Public Library highlights books on several legends
of the performing arts. Click on the links provided
to access the library=92s catalog to reserve any of these titles.
For more information, visit us on the second floor of the
Main Library, downtown Cleveland, at East Sixth Street and
Superior Avenue, call 216-623-2881, or email us at
=93literature <at> cpl.org.=94


It's Only a Movie: Alfred Hitchcock - A Personal Biography.
Charlotte Chandler.
Simon and Schuster, 2005.
(PN1998.3.H58 C53 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0743245083
(Link includes a summary, review, and excerpt)
"Chandler introduces us to the real Hitchcock: a devoted
family man, practical joker, and Englishman of Edwardian
sensibilities who was one of the great masters of
cinematic art." -- from the book jacket


The Emperor and the Wolf: The Lives and Films
     of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune.
Stuart Galbraith IV.
Faber and Faber, Inc., 2002.
(PN1998.3.K87 G35 2002)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D057120452X
(Link includes cover art, summary, and table of contents)
{This book] "is an in-depth look at these two great artists
and their legacy that brims with behind-the-scenes details, many
never before known, about their tumultuous lives and stormy
relationships with the studios and with one another." -- from the bac=
k cover


Scorsese Up Close: A Study of the Films.
Ben Nyce.
The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2004.
(PN1998.3.S39 N93 2004)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0810847876
(Link includes cover art and a table of contents)
"Nyce's close attention to the details within each of these
films will satisfy fans and students alike, especially those who
share a passion for Scorsese's artistry and an appreciation
for the craft of his filmmaking." -- from the back cover


Sam Shepard: A 'Poetic Rodeo.'
Carol Rosen.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. (Modern Dramatists Series)
(PS3569.H394 Z855 2004)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0333380037
Sam Shepard is one of the leading contemporary American playwrights
whose plays are widely performed and studied on both sides of the
Atlantic. This book provides an overview of all of Shepard's plays,
analyzing his experiments with dramatic structure, rhythms of
performance and characters, and includes a major interview with Shepa=
rd.=20
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Donald Boozer, Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
donald.boozer at cpl.org
216-623-2881 / 216-623-7050 (fax)
http://www.cpl.org