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James Whale: A New World of Gods and Monsters
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9.8
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    Sayles on Sayles
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    9.8
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    • 3

    All His Jazz:     The Life and Death of Bob Fosse
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    9.7
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    • 4

    On Sunset Boulevard:     The Life and Times of Billy Wilder
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    9.7
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    • 5

    All I Need to Know About Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger:     The Shocking True Story of Troma Studios
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    9.6
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    • 6

    Shock Value:     A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste
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    9.6
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    • 7

    Rebel Without a Crew:     Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
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    9.5
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    • 8

    High Concept:     Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess
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    9.4
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    • 9

    Stanley Kubrick; A Biography
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    9.2
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    • 10

    Goldwyn:     A Biography
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    9.1
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    • 11 Leni Riefenstahl: A Memoir
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    9.1
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    • 12 The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney
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    9.1
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    • 13 Steven Spielberg: A Biography
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    9.0
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    • 14 Woody Allen on Woody Allen: In Conversation With Stig Bjorkman
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    8.8
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    • 15 Walt Disney: An American Original
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    8.8
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    • 16 Truffaut
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    8.8
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    • 17 Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood
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    8.8
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    • 18 How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime
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    8.6
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    • 19 Foster Child: An Intimate Biography of Jodie Foster by Her Brother
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    8.4
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    • 20 Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu
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    8.4
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