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A Listmania! list by Jason Parkes "We're all Frankies'" (Worcester, UK)
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The Dreamers
1.  The Dreamers by Gilbert Adair
The list author says:
  "Revised version of 'The Holy Innocents', filmed by Bertolucci & with the kind of on-screen nudity that should be approved of..."
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Sunset Boulevard [DVD] [1950]
2.  Sunset Boulevard [DVD] [1950] DVD ~ William Holden
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  "Frequently my favourite film of all time, alongside Beautiful Girls, Reds, Badlands, L'appartment & many, many more!!!!!"
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The Day of the Locust and the Dream Life of Balso Snell (Penguin Modern Classics)
3.  The Day of the Locust and the Dream Life of Balso Snell (Penguin Modern Classics) by Nathanael West
The list author says:
  "Nathanael West like Chandler & Faulkner was a Hollywood-writer. He died in a car-crash; the adaptation was so-so. The greatest book about Hollywood?"
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Fellini's 8 1/2 [DVD] [2008]
4.  Fellini's 8 1/2 [DVD] [2008] DVD ~ Marcello Mastroianni
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  "Scorsese thinks this & Peeping Tom tell you everything you need to know about film-making. Woody Allen's Stardust Memories is very much a homage to this...."
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Hollywood Babylon
5.  Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger
The list author says:
  "Anger's classic book of Hollywood flotsam & jetsam...."
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Mulholland Drive [DVD] [2002]
6.  Mulholland Drive [DVD] [2002] DVD ~ Naomi Watts
The list author says:
  "Probably the best film of the 20th Century- a bit addicted to this one....Like Twin Peaks, there are references to Sunset Boulevard..."
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Blue Movie
7.  Blue Movie by Terry Southern
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  "Dedicated to one 'Stanley K'...."
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Camera Buff [1979] [DVD]
8.  Camera Buff [1979] [DVD] DVD ~ Jerzy Stuhr
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  "This & A Short Film About Love seem to be very much about making films...."
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Purple Rose Of Cairo The [DVD]
9.  Purple Rose Of Cairo The [DVD] DVD ~ Mia Farrow
The list author says:
  "Frequently my fave Allen film, even if it kinda rips off Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr.!!!"
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LA Confidential
10.  LA Confidential by James Ellroy
The list author says:
  "James Ellroy's great novel, adapted into a not-bad film. See also The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere & White Jazz (this is part III)."
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Eloge De L'Amour [DVD] [2001]
11.  Eloge De L'Amour [DVD] [2001] DVD ~ Bruno Putzulu
The list author says:
  "Allusions to Godard's own works, L'atalante, The Matrix, & Schindler's List. Probably not top of Spielberg's list of favourites!!!!"
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Picture (Modern Library)
12.  Picture (Modern Library) by Lillian Ross
The list author says:
  "Lillian Ross' classic book about the making of John Huston's The Red Badge of Courage..."
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Singin' In The Rain (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [1952]
13.  Singin' In The Rain (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [1952] DVD ~ Gene Kelly
The list author says:
  "Probably the best musical made & full of wry allusions to Hollywood's own history..."
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Day for Night [DVD] [1973] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
14.  Day for Night [DVD] [1973] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Jacqueline Bisset
The list author says:
  "La Nuit Americaine (1973)"
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Suspects
15.  Suspects by David Thomson
The list author says:
  "David Thomson's book presenting readings of film-lives via other films, e.g. Norma Desmond's mansion was bought for her by Chinatown's Noah Cross. Reissue!!!!!!!!"
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The Player [VHS]
16.  The Player [VHS] VHS Robbins Tim
The list author says:
  "One of Robert Altman's best films & chock full of Hollywood-cameos & allusions (e.g. Touch of Evil in the opening scene)."
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Body Double [DVD]
17.  Body Double [DVD] DVD ~ Craig Wasson
The list author says:
  "Rear Window, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, & Soft-Porn collide in De Palma's very 80s film- a big fave of Patrick Bateman's!!!!!"
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Hearts Of Darkness - A Filmmaker's Apocalypse [1992] [VHS]
18.  Hearts Of Darkness - A Filmmaker's Apocalypse [1992] [VHS] VHS Eleanor Coppola|Fax Bahr|John Milius|Marlon Brando
The list author says:
  "Eleanor Coppola's documentary expanded from her Notes-book & detailing the insane production of Apocalypse Now/Redux. Brilliant stuff!!!!"
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The Bad and the Beautiful [VHS] [1952]
19.  The Bad and the Beautiful [VHS] [1952] VHS Lana Turner
The list author says:
  "This & sequel Two Weeks in Another Town are excellent portraits of film-making and films within films...."
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In a Lonely Place [DVD] [2003]
20.  In a Lonely Place [DVD] [2003] DVD ~ Humphrey Bogart
The list author says:
  "Another noir classic about a Hollywood writer...."
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Barton Fink [VHS]
21.  Barton Fink [VHS] VHS John Turturro
The list author says:
  "Clifford Odett's in a Beckett/Pinter-esque Hollywood..."
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Get Shorty [VHS] [1996]
22.  Get Shorty [VHS] [1996] VHS Gene Hackman
The list author says:
  "A fairly breezy adaptation of Elmore Leonard's gangster goes to Hollywood novel, with allusions to Touch of Evil!!!! Sequel Be Cool out soon...."
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The Cat's Meow [DVD] (2001)
23.  The Cat's Meow [DVD] (2001) DVD ~ Kirsten Dunst
The list author says:
  "Entertaining, though hardly mindblowing, film about a Hollywood rumour involving Chaplin, Hearst & murder."
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Movies (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)
24.  Movies (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Gilbert Adair
The list author says:
  "Gilbert Adair's brilliant collection of writings on film from such voices as Nabokov, Baudrillard, Mailer, Barthes, Sontag, Marker, Wenders, Thomson etc..."
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Adaptation [DVD] [2003]
25.  Adaptation [DVD] [2003] DVD ~ Nicolas Cage|Meryl Streep
The list author says:
  "Like Being John Malkovich this film irritated me & seemed to do things the novel was doing decades ago. A bit pointless too? Still, memorable..."
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