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A priceless examination of the filmmaker's craft, from the renowned director of Sweet Smell of Success
After more than twenty years in the film industry as a screenwriter, storyboard editor, and director of memorable films such as The Ladykillers, Alexander Mackendrick turned his back on Hollywood and began a new career as the Dean of one of the country's most demanding and influential film schools. His absolute devotion to the craft of filmmaking served as a powerful impetus to students at the California Institute for the Arts for almost twenty five years, with a teaching style that included prodigious notes, neatly crafted storyboards, and handouts containing excerpts of works by Kierkegaard, Aristotle, and others. At the core of Mackendrick's lessons lay a deceptively simple goal: to teach aspiring filmmakers how to structure and write the stories they want to tell, while using the devices particular to the medium of film to tell their stories effectively.
In this impressive volume, edited by Paul Cronin, the myriad materials that made Mackendrick's reputation as an instructor are collected for the first time, offering a chance for professionals as well as students to discover a methodology of filmmaking that is challenging yet refreshing in its clarity. Meticulously illustrated and drawing on examples from such classic films as North by Northwest, Citizen Kane, and Touch of Evil, Mackendrick's elegant lessons are sure to provide inspiration for a new generation of filmmakers.
In a straightforward and accessible manner, The DhandhoInvestor lays out the powerful framework of value investing.Written with the intelligent individual investor in mind, thiscomprehensive guide distills the Dhandho capital allocationframework of the business savvy Patels from India and presents howthey can be applied successfully to the stock market. The Dhandhomethod expands on the groundbreaking principles of value investingexpounded by Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, and Charlie Munger.Readers will be introduced to important value investing conceptssuch as "Heads, I win! Tails, I don't lose that much!," "Few Bets,Big Bets, Infrequent Bets," Abhimanyu's dilemma, and a detailedtreatise on using the Kelly Formula to invest in undervaluedstocks. Using a light, entertaining style, Pabrai lays out theDhandho framework in an easy-to-use format. Any investor who adoptsthe framework is bound to improve on results and soundly beat themarkets and most professionals.
Again available in paperback, this definitive work on the genius of Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) is the result of twelve years of devoted effort by America's foremost harpsichordist and one of the principal authorities on eighteenth-century harpsichord music. Mr. Kirkpatrick traveled extensively to collect material that has tripled the known facts about Scarlatti's life, providing the first adequate biography of one of the greatest harpsichord composers of the eighteenth century and one of the most original composers of all time. The second half of his book is an illuminating study of Scarlatti's 555 sonatas, concluding with a chapter on their performance. The book contains extensive appendixes, including discussions of ornamentation and Scarlatti's vocal music, and an updated section of addenda and corrigenda.