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Books about the film industry
Adventures in the Screen TradeAdventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman
Buy new: £7.14 / Used from: £1.17
A little out of date (20 years old) but fascinating stuff.
Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British CinemaShepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema by Matthew Sweet
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £2.99
Wonderful - rescues British cinema from the lie that there was nothing there worthwhile before the 1960s.
Hollywood England: British Film Industry in the SixtiesHollywood England: British Film Industry in the Sixties by Alexander Walker
Buy new: £7.71 / Used from: £0.98
Alexander Walker's classic account of the British film industry in the 1960s. Only drawback is it shares the view that most of what went before was dross.
National Heroes: British Cinema in the 70's and 80'sNational Heroes: British Cinema in the 70's and 80's by Alexander Walker
Buy new: £7.24 / Used from: £1.39
Second part of Walker's history, dealing with the 70s and 80s.
Icons in the Fire: The Decline and Fall of Almost Everybody in the British Film IndustryIcons in the Fire: The Decline and Fall of Almost Everybody in the British Film Industry by Alexander Walker
Buy new: £6.36 / Used from: £0.01
Title says it all. Brings the story up to the start of the century - pity AW wasn't around to chronicle the past few years.
Which Lie Did I Tell?Which Lie Did I Tell? by William Goldman
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More up to date. Fascinating anecdotes: slightly spoiled by his aside writing off all of us in the UK (hate the word "Brits") as snobs.