(Part 2) Best performing arts reference books according to redditors

According to one of these forum replies, George Lucas himself gave an answer to this issue while speaking in the voice of C-3PO.

> "There are literally hundreds of Ambassadors, to many systems, including several ambassadors from Alderaan. We would take ambassadors and important government people from Alderaan to all over. Mainly I'm an interpreter robot. If we found alien life-forms or if we were on a planet where they did not speak the Universal Galactic Language, I would have to translate. So I wasn't really in on what was going on. I was programmed to mention having no knowledge of the Princess - that she was aboard the ship. That's why I always seemed ignorant when she was brought up. I knew who she was, but I was programmed not to say who she was"

Apparently this book is the source of the quote.

For exhibit labels (text and graphics that accompany exhibits), try Serrell's Exhibit Labels. ADA, or your local equivalent, is either required or strongly advised; beyond that The Smithsonian has published a guide for Accessible Exhibition Design.

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For environmental control for collection care, it depends on multiple factors, especially the type of collections housed. For example, The Art Collector's Handbook by Rozell works best for general art objects, while you would probably want to read something like Ogden's Caring for American Indian Objects for objects of similar materials and make. I've seen Nitrate Won't Wait by Slide, and A Light Affliction by Binder on the shelves of my friend who works in film preservation. Otherwise, as far as I know, there aren't any "standards" like the CE or ANSI for collections preservation.

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Hope this helps.

Wikizilla https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film) is a good resource. David Kalat's A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series is also an excellent resource. You may also want to look into Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa.

If you loved this movie you might enjoy the book about the making of it by the actual drunk it's based on.

The most entertaining thing that comes out of Hollywood now are the stories about making crappy movies.

If you want Hollywood entertainment I suggest checking your library for some of the following books:

The Gross - Peter Bart

Hit and Run - Kim Masters

Keys to the Kingdom - Kim Masters

Indecent Exposure - David McClintick

Final Cut - Steven Bach

In The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Lucas is quoted as describing Palpatine thusly:

"[H]e was a politician. Richard M. Nixon was his name. He subverted the senate and finally took over and became an imperial guy and he was really evil. But he pretended to be a really nice guy."

Ian McDiarmid also claimed in an interview with The Guardian that Lucas asked him at one point whether Palpatine's chair reminded him of the Oval Office. There's also a lot of Vietnam War-related subtext, throughout the whole trilogy, but especially in ROTJ with the technologically primitive, jungle-dwelling Ewoks defeating a global superpower through superior knowledge of the terrain.

There's a lot of other historical references associating Palpatine with Caesar, Hitler, Lenin, etc., but Nixon was the most direct inspiration and the most relevant at the time the movies were made.

Disney: The Mouse Betrayed goes into a number of the issues. It's a pretty old book, but I can't imagine that things would have gotten any better when Eisner left. There's other books as well (The Mouse that Roared: Disney and the End of Innocence; Disney Declassified: Tales of Real Life Disney Scandals, Sex, Accidents and Deaths), but I can't vouch for them since I haven't read them.

Yes, especially after how great Hollywood Said No! was.

It's really good. It's available here for $24 https://www.amazon.com/Destination-Moonbase-Alpha-Robert-Wood/dp/1845839064 and here https://www.bookdepository.com/Destination-Moonbase-Alpha-Robert-E-Wood/9781845839062

Here's a book I've been reading: The New Comedy Writing Step by Step

It'll help you train your wit so you can spew out funnies on the fly. Help you figure out what works by learning from your mistakes. People aren't born with humor, humor is a skill that can be trained and improved.

Nonono. It’s a LOT more complicated (convoluted?) then that.

Studios aren’t in the business of buying screenplays. They’re in the business of financing and distributing a yearly slate of motion pictures.

This is where producers and production companies come in (and in turn studio bankrolled: shingles, first look deals, subsidiaries, vanity companies, etc). If you’re selling a spec it’s more then likely being bought by one of them. This accounts for a surprising amount of people/companies. Here’s the old fashioned version of how to find all of them and what kinds of things they’re looking for…

http://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Creative-DirectoryStaff/dp/1928936482/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1320306848&sr=8-2

Most now use Imdbpro or Baseline but this is worth flipping through to get a sense of the lay of the land.

Once one of these entities have control of your work either through purchase or option they will develop it and gather meaningful attachments. What is a meaningful attachment? A famous director/actor/producer etc. Emphasis on famous actor.

How do they attach these elements? By “developing” your script which is essentially code for rewriting it and addressing perceived weaknesses etc. Many of these “weaknesses” to be addressed in development are at the behest of a meaningful attachment that’s potentially interested in committing but doesn’t want to until the changes they want are made. This process can quite literally go on FOREVER. That’s why they call it development hell. Actors are in the driver’s seat here and they can be really flaky cock teases especially as their schedules change and fluctuate with new opportunities.

Once the stars all finally align, studios are approached for financing and then there’s more development hell with their notes etc… Several small miracles later, your movie gets financed (or more then likely co-financed with some foreign investment companies) and the property is bought from the producer/production company at a rate much higher then they paid you.

It should also be noted the two biggest agencies WME and CAA are able to streamline this process through “packaging” clients from their various departments and then brokering the sale for a commission. This is one of the major advantages of being repped by one of these agencies.

Ooh! Ooh!

I'm reading Hollywood Said NO! by Bob Odenkirk & David Cross, which is the recently released script by the makers of Mr. Show with Bob & David, my favorite sketch comedy show in the history of my own existence. I feel like I'm inside of their hilarious brains. I love it.

What placement in the 1001? The book that we're basing this off of is entirely chronological. https://www.amazon.com/1001-Shows-Must-Watch-Before/dp/0789329387

If you're looking for a comprehensive treatment of these, I recommend Phillips and Garcia's Science Fiction Television Series: 1959-1989. It's somewhat dry reading, with most of the pages taken up by plot summaries of each episode, but there are behind-the-scenes bits and photos as well. There's now a Vol 2 out that covers shows from 1990 onwards.

Check out The Making of Star Wars book. Has some really awesome behind the scenes pictures and information in it.

This is a pricy one. But you can get a book of about 1,000 photos taken by George Lucas of the process of making Star Wars. It’s definitely a great gift for a fanStar Wars frames

The product description for the book claims that it has the full interviews: https://www.amazon.com/James-Camerons-Story-Science-Fiction/dp/1683834976

sailor moon.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B55CA8S/?coliid=I268GLHFGI5QVW&colid=3RKK4G28FDZJ4&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

also, GoT.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1549687220/?coliid=IAXFK05I2MA8B&colid=3RKK4G28FDZJ4&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

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I think that it might be this one. Pretty soon I will have to break out the old 1933 movie by the same title as we get closer to Halloween and watch it again! :)

Happy Birthday Kramdiw

I rather enjoy Mr. Bukowski, so this book would be something that I would enjoy adding to my wishlist.

From your website, this Lil Bigfoot is awesomely adorable!

Thanks for the contest!

For immortality
https://www.amazon.com/1001-Shows-Must-Watch-Before/dp/0789329387