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1966ref. 149672Paris: Madeleine Films 1966. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1966 film showing director Agnes Varda in conversation with actors Catherine Deneuve and Michel Piccoli. With the stamp of Madeleine Films on the verso. A writer and his pregnant wife move to a remote island off the coast of France following a car accident that has rendered the wife mute. The writer begins to plan his next novel using the local islanders as inspiration but the locals are distrustful of the reclusive couple and tensions heighten as the line between reality and fiction begins to melt together. Agnes Varda an important and influential French director writer and artist garnered praise as a filmmaker for her uncompromising documentary-style realism focusing on women and marginalized members of society as well as her experimental style. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work stylistically prefigures the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Set and shot on location in Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Madeleine Films unknown
1977ref. 168492N.p.: N.p. 1977. Five vintage borderless reference photographs for the 1977 film including two showing director Agnes Varda on the set. All five with French press stamps and layout annotations on the verso. A remarkable film depicting the lifelong friendship of two dissimilar but close-knit French women beginning when one helps the other raise money for an abortion. Agnes Varda an important and influential French director writer and artist garnered praise as a filmmaker for her uncompromising documentary-style realism focusing on women and marginalized members of society as well as her experimental style. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work stylistically prefigures the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Set and shot on location in France. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 137871Paris: Parc Film 1966. Archive of 46 vintage reference stills for the 1966 French film. Each photograph numbered using two different numbering systems in manuscript marker and pencil. A single photograph shows director Varda with Catherine Deneuve on the set. A writer and his pregnant wife mute from a car accident move to a remote village while he works on a novel. Fantasy and reality fact and fiction begin to blend together as he transforms the villagers into characters in his story. In his 1969 review Roger Ebert called The Creatures "a complex and nearly hypnotic study of the way fact is made into fiction. It seems to operate on many levels but in fact it operates on only one illustrating how fantasy reality and style are simultaneously kept suspended in the mind of a creative writer." Three photographs 10.75 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light scratches. Remaining photographs 4.75 x 3.5 inches. A few photographs lightly worn else Near Fine overall. Parc Film unknown
1985ref. 157079N.p.: N.p. 1985. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1985 French film showing director Agnes Varda and actress Sandrine Bonnaire. One with a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Varda's most successful and critically acclaimed film beginning with the discovery of a young migrant woman's body frozen in a ditch in northern France and retracing her life up until the time of her death. As an important and influential French director writer and artist Agnes Varda garnered praise as a filmmaker for her uncompromising documentary-style realism focusing on women and marginalized members of society as well as her experimental style. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work stylistically prefigures the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Shot on location in Gard Hérault and Bouches-du-Rhône France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 74. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 149739N.p.: N.p. 1985. Four vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1985 French film three showing director Agnes Varda and actress Sandrine Bonnaire one showing Varda and cinematographer Patrick Blossier and one showing Varda and a film crew inspecting Bonnaire as she poses as a dead body in a ditch. With the stamp of Cinemagence three with provenance stamps and one with a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. Varda's most successful and critically acclaimed film beginning with the discovery of a young migrant woman's body frozen in a ditch in northern France and retracing her life up until the time of her death. As an important and influential French director writer and artist Agnes Varda garnered praise as a filmmaker for her uncompromising documentary-style realism focusing on women and marginalized members of society as well as her experimental style. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work stylistically prefigures the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Shot on location in Gard Herault and Bouches-du-Rhone France. Four photographs 7 x 5 inches one photograph 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 74. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 149672Paris: Madeleine Films 1966. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1966 film showing director Agnes Varda in conversation with actors Catherine Deneuve and Michel Piccoli. With the stamp of Madeleine Films on the verso. A writer and his pregnant wife move to a remote island off the coast of France following a car accident that has rendered the wife mute. The writer begins to plan his next novel using the local islanders as inspiration but the locals are distrustful of the reclusive couple and tensions heighten as the line between reality and fiction begins to melt together. Agnes Varda an important and influential French director writer and artist garnered praise as a filmmaker for her uncompromising documentary-style realism focusing on women and marginalized members of society as well as her experimental style. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work stylistically prefigures the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Set and shot on location in Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Madeleine Films unknown books
1966ref. 144962Paris: Parc Film 1966. Vintage borderless photograph of director Agnes Varda and actor Catherine Deneuve on the set of the 1966 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. A writer and his pregnant wife mute from a car accident move to a remote village while he works on a novel. Fantasy and reality fact and fiction begin to blend together as he transforms the villagers into characters in his story. In his 1969 review Roger Ebert called The Creatures "a complex and nearly hypnotic study of the way fact is made into fiction. It seems to operate on many levels but in fact it operates on only one illustrating how fantasy reality and style are simultaneously kept suspended in the mind of a creative writer." 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Parc Film unknown books
1962ref. 146923Paris: Cine Tamaris 1962. Vintage oversize double weight single photograph of four studio still images from the 1962 film. "CINE VOG FILMS S.A." and "CLEO DE 5 A 7" stamps on the verso. Told more or less in real time the story of a pop singer trying to distract herself from worry while awaiting the results of a biopsy. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set and shot on location in Paris. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus some creasing and curling pinholes primarily in corners repaired with paper tape on the verso. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert IV. Criterion Collection 73. Cine Tamaris unknown books
1962ref. 138739Paris: Cine Tamaris / Rome Paris Films 1962. Vintage borderless black-and-white still photograph from the 1962 French film. Cleo is shown being helped into a white robe in a large bedroom. Light pencil and blue ink annotations to the verso. Agnes Varda is an important and influential French director writer and artist whose work uses both documentary style realism and experimental film techniques to explore issues of feminism and social justice. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work including this film stylistically prefigures the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Varda was nominated for the Palme d'Or for "Cleo from 5 to 7" her second feature film about a female pop singer whose spends two adventurous and winsome hours on her own and talking to friends while awaiting the results of a biopsy. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 9.25 inches. About Fine. Cine Tamaris / Rome Paris Films unknown books
1962ref. 132899Paris: Cine Tamaris / Rome Paris Films 1962. Collection of four vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1962 French film. Agnes Varda is an important and influential French director writer and artist whose work uses both documentary style realism and experimental film techniques to explore issues of feminism and social justice. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work including this film prefigures stylistically the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Varda was nominated for the Palme d'Or for "Cleo from 5 to 7" her second feature film about a female pop singer whose spends two adventurous and winsome hours on her own and talking to friends while awaiting the results of a biopsy. Set and shot on location in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Edges slightly toned. Complete collation details available on request. Cine Tamaris / Rome Paris Films unknown books
1966ref. 137871Paris: Parc Film 1966. Archive of 46 vintage reference stills for the 1966 French film. Each photograph numbered using two different numbering systems in holograph marker and pencil. A single photograph shows director Varda with Catherine Deneuve on the set. A writer and his pregnant wife mute from a car accident move to a remote village while he works on a novel. Fantasy and reality fact and fiction begin to blend together as he transforms the villagers into characters in his story. In his 1969 review Roger Ebert called The Creatures "a complex and nearly hypnotic study of the way fact is made into fiction. It seems to operate on many levels but in fact it operates on only one illustrating how fantasy reality and style are simultaneously kept suspended in the mind of a creative writer." Three photographs 10.75 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light scratches. Remaining photographs 4.75 x 3.5 inches. A few photographs lightly worn else generally Near Fine. Parc Film unknown books
1924ref. 171399N.p.: N.p. 1924. Seven vintage reference photographs from the 1924 silent film. Five with "Country of Origin: USA" stamps on the versos. Based on Elinor Glyn's 1907 romance novel about the love affair between the married queen of a fictitious European country and a handsome young Englishman. Glyn's novel was previously adapted for film in 1914 starring Madlaine Traverse and George C. Pearce. Set in Switzerland. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good moderately edgeworn with light even toning overall. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 158755New York: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1968. Revised Draft for the 1969 film. Script belonging to uncredited crew member with their name in manuscript ink in three places in the script. Additionally included with the script is a vintage reference photograph from the film showing cast and crew members on location. Based on the 1960 novel by Harold Robbins. A Mafia hit man is ready to retire but his employers not happy with this idea send a hit man out after him. Shot on location in New York City and Puerto Rico. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated 9/27/68 with credits for novelist Harold Robbins screenwriter A.J. Russell and director Bernard L. Kowalski. PAGES leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink yellow blue and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/15/68 and 11/5/68. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Photograph: 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown
1990ref. 171004N.p.: N.p. 1990. Vintage reference photograph from the 1990 film showing Jean-Pierre Léaud paying director Aki Kaurismäki in a cameo role as a salesman sporting dark glasses. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. A depressed young man longs to commit suicide after losing his job but finds himself too afraid to go through with it-leading him to hire a killer to take him out. Shot on location throughout London. 7 x 5 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 149772Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1980. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1980 Japanese pinku pink film. Also included with the set is a film program in Japanese. Housed in a studio envelope. Photographs 6 x 4.25 inches Near Fine. Film program is 28.25 x 6.75 inches one sheet folded four times Near Fine. Weisser and Weisser The Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films p. 89. Nikkatsu unknown
1980ref. 149772Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1980. Collection of three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1980 Japanese pinku pink film. Also included with the set is a film program in Japanese. Housed in a studio envelope. Photographs 6 x 4.25 inches Near Fine. Film program is 28.25 x 6.75 inches one sheet folded four times Near Fine. Weisser and Weisser The Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films p. 89. Nikkatsu unknown books
ref. 148810Tokyo: Toho 1970. Draft script for the 1970 Japanese film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the rear wrapper and throughout the text. Included with the script is a mimeographed shooting schedule. Text and titles in Japanese. Annotations relate to the following: a names of the chosen cast members b set rehearsals and camera rehearsals c times for shooting e.g. Morning Afternoon Evening and Night phone numbers for production personnel d names of potential and/or hired camera assistants e names of potential and/or hired actors f indication of the production company chosen Toho Corporation as well as film stock and lens sizes to be used g additional notes regarding location of some settings h changes to dialogue and action and h some final post-production notes. Director Akira Kurosawa's first color film based on Shugoro Yamamoto's 1962 novel "Kisetsu no nai machi" A City Without Seasons. A series of vignettes about a slum in the suburbs of Tokyo and its impoverished inhabitants. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set and shot on location in Tokyo. Script: White titled wrappers. Title page present. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered d-37. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with perfect binding. Schedule: White titled wrappers. 13 leaves with last page numbered 23. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a faintly toned spine and very faint foxing to the fore-edge side-stapled with two staples. Detailed notes with translation of annotations noted above with accompanying images are provided with the script. Toho unknown
1948ref. 151633Tokyo: Toho Company 1948. Draft script for the 1948 Japanese film noir. Text and titles in Japanese. The first of sixteen film collaborations between director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune. Kurosawa's seventh film saw him exploring the inter workings and motivations of the yakuza and machismo. Censorship was tight regarding the occupation forbidding criticism of Americans leading Kurosawa to slip in references to the US presence in Japan satirizing jazz "pan pan" girls unlicensed prostitutes catering to American soldiers and Western clothing and hairstyles. Set in the slums of postwar Japan. White titled wrappers. Approximately 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus covered in a protective plastic wrapping from when the script was used during filming side stapled. BFI 638. Criterion Collection 413. Grant Japan. Toho Company unknown
1962ref. 160922Tokyo: Toho / Kurosawa Productions 1962. Draft script for the 1963 Japanese film. Text and titles in Japanese. A legendary Japanese noir based on American author Ed McBain's 1959 novel "King's Ransom." A wealthy industrialist is contacted by a gang of crooks who inform him that they have kidnapped his son and are holding him hostage in exchange for an enormous ransom. The industrialist soon realizes however that the boy they have taken is in fact the son of his chauffeur-and must decide whether he will bankrupt himself and his family in order to save a child that is not his own. A nuanced portrait of a man facing the potential destruction of his future further elevated by morally ambiguous characters and the gritty realism of its world. The fifteenth and penultimate film that leading actor Toshiro Mifune would make with director Akira Kurosawa and one of the highest grossing Japanese films of 1963 breaking Kurosawa's box office record for the third time. Shot on location in Kanagawa Japan. White titled perfect-bound wrappers dated 1962 with a protective titled dust jacket. Approximately 94 leaves with last page of text numbered e-37. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing on the top and bottom page edges. Jacket Very Good with moderate foxing on the extremities. Criterion Collection 24. Grant Japan. Selby Japan. Spicer Japan. Toho / Kurosawa Productions unknown
ref. 157439Yokohama Kanagawa: Kurosawa Production Co 1980. Draft script for the 1980 Japanese film. The story of a low-class criminal taught to be the decoy or kagemusha of a dying feudal lord based on the historical daimyo Takeda Shingen and depicting the 1575 Battle of Nagashino in the cinematic climax. When Toho Studios could not afford to complete the film George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola convinced Twentieth Century Fox to cover the shortfall in exchange for international distribution rights recieving credits as executive producers on the finished film. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Foreign Language Film and winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. Set in Sengoku period shot on location in Iga Ueno Castle Himeji Castle Kumamoto Castle Yuhara Plain Hokkaido Japan. White perfect-bound wrappers. Rubber stamped copy No. 74 at the top right corner of the front wrapper. 166 leaves with last page of text numbered "146." Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine with light toning wrapper Very Good with foxing overall and age toning to the page edges. Criterion Collection 267. Kurosawa Production Co unknown
1980ref. 163675N.p.: Toho Company 1980. Three vintage photographs from the 1980 film two film still photographs and a photograph of director Akira Kurosawa on the set with executive producers Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas. The story of a low-class criminal taught to be the decoy or kagemusha of a dying feudal lord based on the historical daimyo Takeda Shingen and depicting the 1575 Battle of Nagashino in the cinematic climax. When Toho Studios could not afford to complete the film Coppola and Lucas convinced Twentieth Century Fox to cover the shortfall in exchange for international distribution rights receiving credits as executive producers on the finished film. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Foreign Language Film and winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. Set in Sengoku period shot on location in Iga Ueno Castle Himeji Castle Kumamoto Castle Yuhara Plain Hokkaido Japan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 267. Toho Company unknown
1992ref. 148720Tokyo: Dentsu Music and Entertainment 1992. Draft script for the 1993 film. Based on essays by Hyakken Uchida. Following World War II a retired professor finds late in life that his quality of life is greatly reduced in war-torn Tokyo. Denying despair he pursues writing and celebrates his birthday with a group of his adoring students. Yellow titled wrappers perfect-bound dated 1992.11.5. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 197. Xerographic duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine. Dentsu Music and Entertainment unknown
ref. 149056New York: Greenwich Film Productions 1985. Draft script for the 1985 film. With manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Text titles and annotations in Japanese. Based on Shakespeare's play "King Lear." An elderly warlord in medieval Japan divides his vast empire among his three sons. The power corrupts them and turns them on each other as well as their father. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Director for Kurosawa winning one. Set in medieval Japan shot on location in Kumamoto Shizuoka Himeji Oita Aichi Yamagata and Tokyo Japan. Bright blue titled wrappers. Title page present. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 176. Xerographic duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a lightly faded spine perfectly bound. Greenwich Film Productions unknown
1950ref. 166097N.p.: N.p. 1950. Four vintage double weight satin-finish reference photographs from the 1950 Japanese film. Provenance labels and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Few foreign language films have made such a lasting impact on American audiences as director Akira Kurosawa's "Rashomon" a revolutionary cinematic work in terms of style and substance that challenged audiences about the nature of subjective experience. Winner of an honorary 1951 Academy Award for Most Outstanding Foreign Language Film Released in the United States and credited for being the reason the Academy created the "Best Foreign Film" category. Shot on location in Kyoto Nara and Tokyo Japan. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 138. Grant Japan. Ebert II. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 148710Tokyo: Kurosawa Production Co 1963. Draft script for the 1965 Japanese film preceding the release by nearly two years. Text and titles in Japanese. Based on Shugoro Yamamoto's short story collection "Akahige Shinryotan." Toshiro Mifune's final film with director Akira Kurosawa considered one of the director's masterpieces following a small-town doctor and his new intern a highly educated arrogant young man. Set in the Edo district of Koishikawa. White titled wrappers with a blue titled dust jacket. Title page present dated 1963. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered g-17. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing to the rear wrapper with perfect binding. Jacket is Very Good plus with light foxing to the fore-edges and rear panel. Kurosawa Production Co unknown
