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Screen Gems book

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Screen Gems book

Every Picture Tells A Story: Harvey Kubernik's 'Screen Gems' Tracking Angle contributor Harvey Kubernik's latest book proves "dancing about architecture" - or moving pictures - isn't so bad Rule number one: every documentary has an angle.   I’ve experienced how a “rock doc” can rewrite its subject’s history. In the twilight of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peter Jackson’s radical re-edit (his angle) of Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s Let It Be footage swept a touch-starved Beatles fanbase. The joy! The memes! Glyn Johns’s fabulous outfits! Jackson’s presentation of the Get Back project fundamentally changed the narrative of the Beatles’ January 1969 sessions.   There's something lost in writing this...

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Interview with Author John Mansell

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Interview with Author John Mansell

Interview with Author John Mansell About his new book, Italian Western Violent Image, Savage Soundtrack, Volume II. Per Qualche Western in Più.     by Jason Drury (IFMCA/Cinematic Sound Radio).       Jason Drury. When did you decide to do a second book?     John Mansell. I knew as I was writing the first volume there was a lot of other things I could cover.  I had more to say after volume one was  published,and wanted to include a filmography and discography, along with recognition for the many individuals who helped bring the soundtracks of Italian westerns to...

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Lawrence Shulman makes the news

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Lawrence Shulman makes the news

  https://www.newscentermaine.com/video/news/local/207/207-january-26-2026/97-446d0c4d-e2b0-48a0-a43a-768904af0f2e

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Judy Garland: The Movie Roles that Might Have Been – Q and A with Richard Irvin

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Judy Garland: The Movie Roles that Might Have Been – Q and A with Richard Irvin

Judy Garland: The Movie Roles that Might Have Been – Q and A with Richard Irvin 1.    What inspired you to write this book?Many books have been written about the life of Judy Garland and the movies she made. Some of these books include lists of films for which Judy was considered, but no book ever delved into the subject of the movie roles Ms. Garland sought but never obtained or the roles for which movie studios thought of hiring her but for various reasons did not. 2.    What are some of the unproduced MGM musicals in which...

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Q&A with Lawrence Schulman, author of UNFETTERED

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Q&A with Lawrence Schulman, author of UNFETTERED

  Q&A with Lawrence Schulman, author of UNFETTERED: Words on Music by a Hi-Def Critic in an MP3 World, Volume II   1.    What is UNFETTERED: Words on Music by a Hi-Def Critic in an MP3 World, Volume II about?It consists of all my writings since FREE, that is post-2024. These include sound recording reviews, book reviews, and articles that are or will be published in the ARSC Journal, and also a Coda, an Afterword, and a talk on FREE. Some of the artists I have recently written about are Jacques Tati, Bobby Darin, Carly Simon, Harold Arlen, Maurice...

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