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Cult Cinema : An Arrow Video Companion.

Featuring essays about cult movies released through distributor Arrow.Focusing on the early works of David Cronrenberg and Roger Corman amongst many others.

Burt Reynolds : Enough About Me

Lots of funny stories about his films and the people he's met during his colourful career.Not much depth though.

Metallica : The Stories Behind The Biggest Songs by Chris Ingham.

Nothing I didn't already know really but,the writing is honest and backed up with some good photos of the band from over the years.

the story behind the likes of -the god that failed and the unforgiven have to be quite poignant as is that of until it sleeps deep and heartfelt from paphet

Absolutely,Chris Ingham has done his research and mentions that The God That Failed is about Hetfield's alienation as a kid from being raised by strict Christian scientists and Until It Sleeps being about his mother dying from cancer and refusing treatment due to her beliefs.

Into the Dark : The Hidden World Of Film Noir,1941-1950

A must for any film noir fan.Mark A Viera chronicles everything from Citizen Kane to Sunset Boulevard.

Mao - the unknown story.

Just finished this.....



A fascinating true story.

And here's a documentary about it.....

https://youtu.be/2tqLPwJHMM4

Although to get a true feeling on what really happened, you must read the book.

Movie Stunts and Special Effects by Andrew Lane.

Claims to be the bible on "creating the illusion of painful events" in films.

Very comprehensive as it even has a chapter dedicated to "Horses and Livestock".

As usual two books on the go,on Kindle,All You Need Is Kill by Kiroshi Sakurasaka from which the film Edge Of Tomorrow came ,and on paper Ajax Barcelona Cruyff by Frits Barend & Henk Van Dorp,an interesting bio from the Dutch point of view