Best of
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1970

Raging Bull: My Story


Jake LaMotta - 1970
    Raised in the Bronx slums, he fought on the streets, got sent to reform school, and served time in prison. Trusting no one, slugging everyone, he beat his wife, his best friends, even the mobsters who kept the title just out of reach. But the same forces that made him a criminal—fear, rage, jealousy, self-hate, guilt—combined with his drive and intelligence to make him a winner in the ring. At age twenty-seven, after eight years of fighting, he became Middleweight Champion of the World, a hero to thousands. Then, at the peak of success, he fell apart and began a swift, harrowing descent into nightmare. Raging Bull, the Bronx Bull's brutally candid memoir, tells it all—fights, jails, sex, money—surpassing, in hard-hitting prose, even the movie that immortalized it.

The Making of Kubrick's 2001


Jerome Agel - 1970
    Here is the inside story of a monumental achievement conceded even by its enemies to mark a turning point in the art of cinema."If 2001 has stirred your emotions, your subconscious, your mythological yearnings, then it has succeeded."--Stanley Kubrick

Bergman on Bergman: Interviews with Ingmar Bergman


Ingmar Bergman - 1970
    This discussion with the great Swedish director ranges from Bergman's childhood memories to his admiration for Strindberg to his relationship with the stars whom he made famous - Liv Ullmann, Harriet Andersson, Max von Sydow and Bibi Andersson, among others. Originally published in 1973, this work covers Bergman's career from his early films through the works: The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Persona, The Passion of Anna.

Tracy and Hepburn


Garson Kanin - 1970
    Spence Tracy and Kate Hepburn were the couple everyone knew of but no one really knew anything about. What kept these two opposites together makes for an interesting read.

How to Catch a Man, How to Keep a Man, How to Get Rid of a Man


Zsa Zsa Gabor - 1970
    

Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion


Leslie Halliwell - 1970
    The 11th edition of this famed film guide continues to provide the most comprehensive and authoritative information on everything there is to know about thousands of actors, directors, writers, producers, and others involved in the movies.

The Films Of Robert Bresson


Robert Bresson - 1970
    His style and hs films, including Diary of a country Priest, Pickpocket, and Balthazar are analysed by a group of critics with widely divergent attitudes to his work.