Memerial film

Stanley Kubrick: A Biography by Vincent LoBrutto: a detailed, exhaustive look at the man and his movies. Lots of fantastic anecdotes and Making Of bits. Also, fascinating accounts of Kube's early life in NYC. LoBrutto basically interviewed everyone who worked with Kubrick who is still alive. Excellent reading.

A Siegel Film: An Autobiography by Don Siegel: The man on his own work in his trademark, no-nonsense style. Out-of-print but worth tracking down if you're a fan of his movies. His thoughts on the Hollywood system are quite fascinating as are his chapters on The Killers and working with Clint Eastwood.

Lynch on Lynch by Chris Rodley: Lynch usually comes off as not all that articulate or willing to talk about his movies in a lot of interviews but Rodley really gets him to open up in this book that covers his work up to and including Lost Highway. I've heard rumblings that a new, revised edition due in March 2005.

Gilliam on Gilliam by Terry Gilliam, Ian Christie (Editor): I won't list all of the books in this series but they are all really good reads, Lynch and the Gilliam books being my two absolute faves (with the Tim Burton one a close third). As a big fan of Gilliam's work, this was essential reading and he really goes into great detail about all of his work and personal philosophy of filmmaking.

Stone: The Controversies, Excesses, and Exploits of a Radical Filmmaker by James Riordan: If you're a fan of Oliver Stone's movies then this is THE book to read. Tons of hiliarious and fascinating stories about the wild methods of the man on the set of his movies. This book makes a great companion piece to the excellent retrospective docs that have been popping up on the Special Edition DVDs of his movies. I wish he would do a revised edition covering Stone's most recent years.