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what are the BEST MOVIES?

IN FACT ASK GRANDPA about all the good choices.. Like what's really good in music or what are the best books in music or what are the best books in music research?

Inside the Crystal Palace:

Pure Music lovers of course would like to know more about the core instruments.

For History buffs and pros ... Medieval Technology and Feudal too. 

ALWAYS OF INTEREST:

DVD Players of course ...
Home Theater -if you want to live like a king
Holiday Gift Section:

Proven Special Gift ideas Collector's Edition DVD Sets ... awesome ... Lawrence Welk ideas

Movies ... Movies ... Movies ...Possibly civilizations most elaborate and extensive form of expression.  The Firsts of Actors
Then - our Next List of Actors, and yes, our Third List, and finally the Fourth List. But there's much much more to come  ... interesting stuff about movie history right here.   To understand all of the signficance , you need to  understand Marshall McLuhan "Understanding Media" as the extension of Man hinted at the significance. But not until the full emergence of the cult of superstars and special effects, unlimited musical depth - Dolby, THX, and more, did we begin to appreciate the force behind the composites.(see McLuhan).

hold your thought ... check these

Mentoring Executives and Directors
by David Clutterbuck, David Megginson

King of Cannes: Madness, Mayhem and the Movies
by Stephen Walker

In Other Words: Women Directors Speak
by Helen Manfull

On Directing: Interviews With Directors
by Gabriella Giannachi

From Belasco to Brook: Representative Directors of the English-Speaking Stage (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies)
by Samuel L. Leiter

Creating Picturebooks: Interviews With Editors, Art Directors, Reviewers, Booksellers, Professors, Librarians and Showcasers
by Kenneth A. Marantz, Sylvia S. Marantz

The Show Makers: Great Directors of the American Musical Theatre
by Lawrence Thelen

Great American Film Directors in Photographs
by Richard Koszarski

Who Was in the Theatre, 1912-1976: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Directors, Playwrights and Producers of the English-Speaking Thea
by Gale Research Company

The Great Stage Directors: 100 Distinguished Careers of the Theater
by Samuel L. Leiter, Simon Callow

James Williamson: Studies and Documents of a Pioneer of the Film Narrative
by Martin Sopocy

The Great Cartoon Directors
by Jeff Lenburg

The Great Dictators: Interviews With Filmmakers of Italian Descent (Essay Series (Guernica (Firm)), 42.)
by Angela Baldassarre

Mystifying Movies: Fads and Fallacies in Contemporary Film Theory
by Noel CarrollHardcover | Paperback

The Best in Movie Sheet Music 

The Best in Movie Sheet Music: Easy Piano
by Dan Coates

 Movie-Struck Girls
by Shelley Stamp Hardcover | Paperback

Lullabies of Hollywood: Movie Music and the Movie Musical, 1915-1992
by Richard Fehr, Frederick G. Vogel

Mr. Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers
by Ed Sikov

The Maestro Myth: Great Conductors in Pursuit of Power
by Norman Lebrecht

You're Only as Good as Your Next One: 100 Great Films, 100 Good Films, and 100 for Which I Should Be Shot
by Mike Medavoy, Josh Young

Sergio Leone: The Great Italian Dream of Legendary America
by Oreste De Fornari

Broadway, the Golden Years: Jerome Robbins and the Great Choreographer-Directors, 1940 to the Present
by Robert Emmet Long

Million-Dollar Movie
by Michael Powell, Martin Scorsese

Great Gift Ideas
for yourself, family, & friends

MAKE YOUR OWN MOVIES:

	Sharp VLNZ100U MiniDV Compact Digital Viewcam w/3" Color LCD, MMC/SD Memory Card Slot & USB Interface
	Canon ZR45MC MiniDV Digital Camcorder with 2.5" LCD, Digital Still Mode & MMC Card Slot
	Sony DCRTRV27 MiniDV Digital Handycam Camcorder w/ 3.5" LCD, MPEG EX, Memory Stick & Mega Pixel Video/ Still

JVC GRDVM96U MiniDV Compact Digital Camcorder w/2.5 " LCD, MPEG4 Movie Mode & 8MB SD Card

Band of Brothers (2001) DVD