Product Description

Presents an entertaining and diverse anthology of ninety-nine scenes--representing a broad array of life experience and emotional intensity--from classic screenplays, in a collection designed to enhance a student's acting class or audition preparation. Original.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #125890 in Books
• Published on: 1999-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 480 pages

Customer Reviews

Finally a scene book with RECENT classics,
including scenes from Pulp Fiction, Swingers, Grifters, Chasing Amy, Clerks, The Crying Game, Annie Hall, Bullets Over Broadway, Lone Star, Moonstruck, Waiting to Exhale, The Player, Thelma and Louise, Strictly Ballroom, Raising Arizona, Do the Right Thing, Broadcast News, and just about every other great flick made recently. The intros which precede each scene are chock full o' useful info. The only thing I don't get is why the title says it's "for actors." I think it's just as useful for screenwriters like myself, because it brings together so many examples of great dialogue writing in a single, well-organized and attractive book. Thank you Angela Nicholas, wherever you are!

An important resource for actors
While there are dozens of "scene study" books out there for theater, this book by Angela Nicholas fills the void for film - and it is a must-have for any actor or actress seriously seeking to study the craft of their profession. The scenes themselves represent films that can be rented relatively easy, and this makes for a great comparison study of how the screenplay "works" - compared to your own efforts. (Or, sometimes, how the soundtrack or lighting or other film tricks make awkward writing look good.) Separate from that, it is fun to browse through the scenes and see how they were brought to life on-screen.

Finally, a scene book with good scenes!
I've picked up so many scene books for auditions and usually they have, like, 20 monologues, of which 15 are from Eugene O'neill and/or David Mamet. This book, as can be seen in the title, offers much more than the usual. Not only that, but it's about half the price of any other scene book taht I've ever seen!