Archive is the first book by Sofia Coppola, covering the entirety of her singular and influential career in film. Constructed from Coppola’s personal collection of photographs and ephemera, including early development work, reference collages, influences, annotated scripts, and unseen behind-the-scenes documentation, it offers a detailed account of all eight of her films to date.
Bobby Baker is one of the most widely acclaimed and popular performance artists working today. This book brings together for the first time an account of Baker’s career as an artist with critical commentary by reviewers; transcripts of Baker's performances; and other originial materials.
Casting director Jennifer Venditti’s process relies on ‘chance encounters with random strangers’ who capture her imagination. She usually engages them with a simple opener: ‘Can I ask you a question?’ This book is a thorough exploration of Venditti’s uncommon casting process that brings real life to narrative films and series including Good Time, Uncut Gems, and Euphoria.
Jonas Mekas in conversation film makers – including Andy Warhol, Nico Papatakis, Albert and David Maysles, Peter Kubelka, Agnes Varda, Harry Smith, John Cassavetes, Stan Brakhage.
A collection of scripts, pictures, documents, scenes and notes from from The Tin Drum directed by Volker Schlöndorff based on the novel by Günter Grass.
Fragments Segments Vestiges is a book to accompany a film installation of the same name. The film and book are divided into 10 chapters, each responding to a prose poem. They are an allegorical take on everyday moments, some that would otherwise be forgotten. Each part of the film is an observation of the mundane, led by a silent narrative. On the cover is a fragment of the negative on which the project was shot.
INTRA-VENUS is Hannah Wilke’s last work before she passed away 1993 of complications from Lymphoma. During the later stages of her illness, she collaborated with her husband, Donald Goddard, on a series of photographs documenting the realities of her physical and mental transformation.
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This book, the title of which translates to, "The Novel of François Truffaut", is a collective work published shortly after the director's death. Across 239 pages book, you will find black and white photographs of the director, his films along with essays.
This book contains a collection of letters that the famous brothers Jonas and Adolfas Mekas sent from America to Semeniškiai village, Biržai district, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. They were all addressed to the most important addressee of their lives – their mother, Elzbieta Mekienė.
The photographers from the renowned photo agency Magnum have worked with movie-makers since the agency was established. These momentous partnerships are properly celebrated for the first time ever in a book containing powerful images of such legends as Clint Eastwood, Marilyn Monroe, Ingrid Bergman, James Dean, Clark Gable and many others.
The Lithuanian filmmaker and chronicler of the American underground movement, Jonas Mekas, wrote down his dreams between August 1978 and June 1979. All these events and characters, combined with memories of his childhood in the Lithuanian fields and snow, are transformed and filtered through the absurd logic and advenutures of dreams.
John Waters: Pope of Trash was published in tandem with the first comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the artist’s contributions to cinema. The book delves into his filmmaking process, key themes, and unmatched style.
This book explores overlooked yet vibrant history of Black participation in American film, from the beginning of cinema through the civil rights movement.
Set amongst the reggae scene of late 70s Jamaica, the film Rockers achieved instant cult status among music and cinema fans. This book brings together unseen images of behind the scenes.
This book presents extended sequences of stills from each of Tarkovsky's films alongside synopses and cast and crew listings. It includes reflections on Tarkovsky’s work from fellow artists and writers.
Having entered the New York underground in the 1960s while still a teenager, filmmaker Barbara Rubin quickly became one of its key figures. Her pioneering 1963 double-projection film Christmas on Earth was both sexually provocative and aesthetically innovative. She worked regularly with Jonas Mekas and Andy Warhol, introduced Bob Dylan to Allen Ginsberg, and connected Warhol with The Velvet Underground. During an intense period of activity and travel, Rubin wrote passionate letters about film and the underground to Mekas. This special eightieth issue of the magazine Film Culture features her previously unpublished letters to Mekas, as well as interviews and extended scripts.