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The 100 Best Movie Books of All Time - Hollywood Reporter (Part 1)

Part one of a thorough - albeit rather American-heavy - list of essential books and biographies.
List counts down for 100 to 50.
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Transcendental Style in Film (Paul Schrader)
Transcendental Style in Film (Paul Schrader)
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Haywire (Brooke Hayward)
Haywire (Brooke Hayward)
3
Film as a Subversive Art (Amos Vogel)
Film as a Subversive Art (Amos Vogel)
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Wishful Drinking (Carrie Fisher)
Wishful Drinking (Carrie Fisher)
5
Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (Neal Gabler)
Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (Neal Gabler)
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Negative Space (B.R. Yeager)
Negative Space (B.R. Yeager)
7
The Moons a Balloon (David Niven)
The Moons a Balloon (David Niven)
8
A Killer Life: How an Independent Film Producer Survives Deals and Disasters in Hollywood and Beyond (Christine Vachon)
A Killer Life: How an Independent Film Producer Survives Deals and Disasters in Hollywood and Beyond (Christine Vachon)
9
The Friedkin Connection (William Friedkin)
The Friedkin Connection (William Friedkin)
10
David O. Selznick's Hollywood (Ron Haver)
David O. Selznick's Hollywood (Ron Haver)
11
Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir (Eddie Muller)
Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir (Eddie Muller)
12
Catch and Kill (Ronan Farrow)
Catch and Kill (Ronan Farrow)
13
Cassavetes on Cassavetes (John Cassavetes)
Cassavetes on Cassavetes (John Cassavetes)
14
The Star Machine (Jeanine Basinger)
The Star Machine (Jeanine Basinger)
15
The Making of the Wizard of Oz (Aljean Harmetz)
The Making of the Wizard of Oz (Aljean Harmetz)
16
The Conversations (Michael Ondaatje)
The Conversations (Michael Ondaatje)
17
Conversations With the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age at the American Film Institute (George Stevens, Jr.)
Conversations With the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age at the American Film Institute (George Stevens, Jr.)
18
By Myself and Then Some (Lauren Bacall)
By Myself and Then Some (Lauren Bacall)
19
Valley of the Dolls (Jacqueline Susann)
Valley of the Dolls (Jacqueline Susann)
20
Spike Lee's Gotta Have It: Inside Guerrilla Filmmaking (Spike Lee)
Spike Lee's Gotta Have It: Inside Guerrilla Filmmaking (Spike Lee)
21
Powerhouse (James Andrew Miller)
Powerhouse (James Andrew Miller)
22
My Lunches With Orson (Peter Biskind)
My Lunches With Orson (Peter Biskind)
23
Montgomery Clift (Patricia Bosworth)
Montgomery Clift (Patricia Bosworth)
24
Hollywood: The Oral History (Jeanine Basinger)
Hollywood: The Oral History (Jeanine Basinger)
25
Hawks on Hawks (Joseph McBride)
Hawks on Hawks (Joseph McBride)
26
Scorsese on Scorsese (Ian Christie)
Scorsese on Scorsese (Ian Christie)
27
Rebel Without a Crew
Rebel Without a Crew
28
Mommie Dearest (Christina Crawford)
Mommie Dearest (Christina Crawford)
29
A Life in Movies (Michael Powell)
A Life in Movies (Michael Powell)
30
George Hurrell's Hollywood: Glamour Portraits, 1925-1992 (Mark a Viera)
George Hurrell's Hollywood: Glamour Portraits, 1925-1992 (Mark a Viera)
31
5001 Nights at the Movies (Pauline Kael)
5001 Nights at the Movies (Pauline Kael)
32
85 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (Robert Osborne)
85 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (Robert Osborne)
33
Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema (John Pierson)
Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema (John Pierson)
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Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste (John Waters)
Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste (John Waters)
35
Film Form: Essays in Film Theory (Sergei Eisenstein)
Film Form: Essays in Film Theory (Sergei Eisenstein)
36
Story (Robert McKee)
Story (Robert McKee)
37
The Great Movies (Roger Ebert)
The Great Movies (Roger Ebert)
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The Great Movies II (Roger Ebert)
The Great Movies II (Roger Ebert)
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The Great Movies III (Roger Ebert)
The Great Movies III (Roger Ebert)
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The Great Movies IV (Roger Ebert)
The Great Movies IV (Roger Ebert)
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