Frederick J. Augustyn

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King Vidor in Focus: On the Filmmaker’s Artistry and Vision

Film aficionados and scholars will welcome this informative and sympathetic book-length Vidor study, the first since 1988’s King Vidor, American by Raymond Durgnat and Scott Simmon.
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My Affair with Art House Cinema: Essays and Reviews

Erudite and comprehensible, this invitation to cinematic culture, just like encounters with many films, rewards repeat customers.

The 12-Hour Film Expert: Everything You Need To Know About Movies

This gateway book will deepen readers’ appreciation of milestone movies. A variety of readers, not just film fans, will want to peruse this engaging title.
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Peerless: Rouben Mamoulian, Hollywood, and Broadway

Fans of well-told film biographies will relish the film synopses, newspaper critics’ contemporary observations, and the striking photographs.
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The World Got Away: A Memoir

A detailed account of Rouse’s work that’s also part memoir. The latter is presented nonchronologically, which may be too difficult for some readers to easily follow.
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Dirty Real: Exile on Hollywood and Vine with the Gin Mill Cowboys

A challenging meditation on nonconformity in mid-20th-century cinema that includes a filmography list influenced by Italian and French New Wave cinema. Cultural critics might enjoy this book more than general readers.
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Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall

This big biography of Cohen will appeal to a wide variety of readers, especially the philosophically minded.
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Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories

An insightful explication of how some blues songs were hidden and censored, with a revelatory oral history.
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A Light in the Darkness: The Music and Life of Joaquín Rodrigo

This exhaustive, annotated treatment about Rodrigo’s work is best for musicologists, although cultural historians will find it helpful.
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