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1960ref. 141447Tokyo: Shockiku Ofuna 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. Text in Japanese. A young woman is hitchhiking when the driver who picks her up attempts to molest her. A young gangster comes to her aid and then leads her on a wild relationship through the Japanese underground towards the eventual destruction of both of them. White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. Godard Histoires du cinema. Shockiku Ofuna unknown
1968ref. 147160Unknown: Unknown 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. A pitch black comedy about a man sentenced to death who survives his hanging leading to a two-hour debate among his executioners over how best to handle the situation. Loosely based on a 1958 crime and execution and a rare for its time discussion of the discrimination faced by ethnic Koreans in Japanese society. Black titled wrappers. Title page present rubber-stamped copy No. 035. Approximately 130 leaves with last page of text numbered h-8. Mimeograph duplication rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with perfect binding. Criterion Collection 798. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Unknown unknown
1976ref. 162512N.p.: N.p. 1976. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the notorious 1976 Japanese film including two showing director Nagisa shima with cast and crew members on the set. Two with the printed labels and stamps of Stillphoto in Amsterdam on the verso and all five with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. Based on the 1936 case of Sada Abe a geisha and prostitute in prewar Tokyo who began an all-consuming obsessive and ultimately tragic affair with a hotel owner. Set and shot on location in Tokyo. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 466. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 142133Paris: Greenwich 1986. Two Draft scripts for the 1986 French film. One script in English the other in French. A British diplomat's wife takes a chimpanzee named Max to be her lover. Nominated for a Palme d'Or. Screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière producer Serge Silberman and actress Milena Vukotic all worked with Luis Buñuel and accordingly brought much of Buñuel's surrealist sensibility to the film. Set and shot on location in Paris. French script: Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director and screenwriter Nagisa shima and screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a white spiral binding. English script: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director and screenwriter Nagisa shima and screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver clasps. Greenwich unknown
1970ref. 137126New York: Grove Press 1970. Collection of 6 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the US release of the 1969 Japanese film. Though not noted in any way this copy belonged to screenwriter director and film ephemera collector Leonard Schrader. Based on the true story of a criminal family that used their young son to scam drivers for money by faking his having been hit in car accidents. Set and shot in various locations around Japan. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Grove Press unknown books
1969ref. 157981London: Contemporary 1969. Two vintage reference photographs from the UK release of the 1969 Japanese film. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. A young woman with a passion for stealing books is caught by a bookstore clerk and soon begins the two begin an erotic relationship. Set and shot on location in Tokyo's Shinjuku District. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Contemporary unknown books
1960ref. 141447Tokyo: Shockiku Ofuna 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. Text in Japanese. A young woman is hitchhiking when the driver who picks her up attempts to molest her. A young gangster comes to her aid and then leads her on a wild relationship through the Japanese underground towards the eventual destruction of both of them. White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. Godard Histoires du cinema. Shockiku Ofuna unknown books
1976ref. 162512N.p.: N.p. 1976. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the notorious 1976 Japanese film including two showing director Nagisa shima with cast and crew members on the set. Two with the printed labels and stamps of Stillphoto in Amsterdam on the verso and all five with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. Based on the 1936 case of Sada Abe a geisha and prostitute in prewar Tokyo who began an all-consuming obsessive and ultimately tragic affair with a hotel owner. Set and shot on location in Tokyo. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 466. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 158015N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage borderless color reference photograph from the 1976 Japanese film. Based on the 1936 case of Sada Abe a geisha and prostitute in prewar Tokyo who began an all-consuming obsessive and ultimately tragic affair with a hotel owner. Set and shot on location in Tokyo. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 466. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 147160Unknown: Unknown 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. A pitch black comedy about a man sentenced to death who survives his hanging leading to a two-hour debate among his executioners over how best to handle the situation. Loosely based on a 1958 crime and execution and a rare for its time discussion of the discrimination faced by ethnic Koreans in Japanese society. Black titled wrappers. Title page present rubber-stamped copy No. 035. Approximately 130 leaves with last page of text numbered h-8. Mimeograph duplication rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with perfect binding. Criterion Collection 798. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Unknown unknown books
1986ref. 142133Paris: Greenwich 1986. Two Draft scripts for the 1986 French film. One script in English the other in French. A British diplomat's wife takes a chimpanzee named Max to be her lover. Nominated for a Palme d'Or. Screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière producer Serge Silberman and actress Milena Vukotic all worked with Luis Buñuel and accordingly brought much of Buñuel's surrealist sensibility to the film. Set and shot on location in Paris. French script: Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director and screenwriter Nagisa shima and screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a white spiral binding. English script: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director and screenwriter Nagisa shima and screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver clasps. Greenwich unknown books
1980ref. 152192N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. A discontented isolated writer befriends and falls in love with a mermaid named Merda. Set in California. Green titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Nan Crawford. 189 leaves with last page of text numbered 188. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 152192N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. A discontented isolated writer befriends and falls in love with a mermaid named Merda. Set in California. Green titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Nan Crawford. 189 leaves with last page of text numbered 188. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1983ref. 160523New York: Horizon Films 1983. Vintage studio still photograph of Sandy McLeod shot by and credited at the right margin to Nan Goldin from the 1983 film. Shown is actress Sandy McLeod in seeming triplicate. Goldin also has a brief role in the film. A striking image. An aspiring writer takes a job as a ticket-taker at an adult film theatre in Times Square soon finding herself drawn into the seedy world of the theatre's customers. The film drew together a veritable who's who of New York underground regulars with a screenplay by Kathy Acker music by John Lurie cinematography by frequent Jarmusch collaborator Tom de Cillo and still photography by Nan Goldin. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Horizon Films unknown books
1962ref. 132471London: National Screen Service / MGM 1962. Collection of 6 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1962 UK film. A handsome drifter on the run accused of murder gets involved with a pretty circus girl. Nancy Kwan stars as an Italian horse rider. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases at the extremities else Near Fine. National Screen Service / MGM unknown books
1965ref. 151960N.p.: Italcine 1965. Collection of 29 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1965 Italian film including one photograph of actors Gabriele Ferzetti and Annette Stroyberg with producer Gabriele Silvestri on the set of the film. With the stamp of Italcine TV on the versos and one with the stamp of Publifoto in Rome. Noted genre filmmaker Nando Cicero's directorial debut. A bank cashier and her motorcyclist companions plan a heist unaware that the cash has already been exchanged for counterfeit bills by another employee. 28 photographs 9.5 x 7.25 inches 1 photograph 7 x 5 inches. With light creasing to a few corners else Near Fine. Italcine unknown
1965ref. 151960N.p.: Italcine 1965. Collection of 29 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1965 Italian film including one photograph of actors Gabriele Ferzetti and Annette Stroyberg with producer Gabriele Silvestri on the set of the film. With the stamp of Italcine TV on the versos and one with the stamp of Publifoto in Rome. Noted genre filmmaker Nando Cicero's directorial debut. A bank cashier and her motorcyclist companions plan a heist unaware that the cash has already been exchanged for counterfeit bills by another employee. 28 photographs 9.5 x 7.25 inches 1 photograph 7 x 5 inches. With light creasing to a few corners else Near Fine. Italcine unknown books
1965ref. 160276N.p.: Documento Film / Royal Films International 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film. An anthology that follows a group of Italian tourists and immigrants during their time on a trip to Sweden. Set in Sweden shot on location in Italy. 7.5 x 6.75 inches trimmed. Near Fine with a crease at the top right corner. Documento Film / Royal Films International unknown books
1960ref. 143202Tokyo: Toho Company 1960. Draft script for the 1960 Japanese film. Manuscript ink and stamp on the outer page edges. Production designer's script with manuscript underlining on numerous pages regarding objects needed for a given scene swimsuits sun cream summer kimonos Persian cat etc. Other annotations in the same hand fill in the names of actors who have been chosen to play the parts of various characters whose names are printed. The double directed feature intentionally creates a juxtaposition between each director's lens and the credits give no indication of how the two collaborated also intentional. According to Audie Bock author of "Japanese Film Directors" Naruse filmed all of the older generation scenes and the Japanese restaurant scenes while Kawashima did the younger generation and the geisha house scenes comparatively the 'comic relief'. A family love triangle sees a mother and daughter in competition and parallels the conflicting nature of new and older generations in modern society. Set in Japan. White titled wrappers noted as 1 on the front wrapper dated 1960. Title page present. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered g-25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two staples wrapped in paper on spine. Toho Company unknown
1960ref. 143202Tokyo: Toho Company 1960. Draft script for the 1960 Japanese film. Manuscript ink and stamp on the outer page edges. Production designer's script with manuscript underlining on numerous pages regarding objects needed for a given scene swimsuits sun cream summer kimonos Persian cat etc. Other annotations in the same hand fill in the names of actors who have been chosen to play the parts of various characters whose names are printed. The double directed feature intentionally creates a juxtaposition between each director's lens and the credits give no indication of how the two collaborated also intentional. According to Audie Bock author of "Japanese Film Directors" Naruse filmed all of the older generation scenes and the Japanese restaurant scenes while Kawashima did the younger generation and the geisha house scenes comparatively the 'comic relief'. A family love triangle sees a mother and daughter in competition and parallels the conflicting nature of new and older generations in modern society. Set in Japan. White titled wrappers noted as 1 on the front wrapper dated 1960. Title page present. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered g-25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two staples wrapped in paper on spine. Toho Company unknown books
1985ref. 162357N.p.: N.p. 1985. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1985 film including one showing actress Nastassja Kinski with director Arthur Joffe. A Wall Street trader is kidnapped by a wealthy sheik and brought to his harem where she begins to fall in love with him. Nominated for five César Awards winning two. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 168214Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / United Artists 1983. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1983 film showing actors Nastassja Kinski and James Toback. An independent young woman moves from Wisconsin to New York where she starts a career as a fashion model although her dreams of big city life are challenged by encounters with a stalker and a terrorist. Shot on location in New York and Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / United Artists unknown books
1985ref. 141557Berlin: Silent Night GbR 1985. Draft script for the 1988 film. Here under the working title "Silent Night." The true story of how Father Joseph Mohr an Austrian priest falls in love with a prostitute hopes to reform her does not and ends up composing the popular Christmas hymn "Silent Night" with schoolteacher Franz Gruber in 1818. Set in Austria. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1985 with credits for screenwriter Monica Teuber. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Silent Night GbR unknown books
1985ref. 162357N.p.: N.p. 1985. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1985 film including one showing actress Nastassja Kinski with director Arthur Joffe. A Wall Street trader is kidnapped by a wealthy sheik and brought to his harem where she begins to fall in love with him. Nominated for five César Awards winning two. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1954ref. 146381N.p.: N.p. 1954. Draft script for a US Air Force training video. Script belonging to an uncredited cast member apparently cast in the role of the narrator with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout. Laid in with the script are two pieces of paper with drawings of flight patterns ostensibly to be used during production and a paper fragment noting addresses names and other details. A three-part training video for Air Force pilot instructors. Set on the Orlando Air Force Base in Orlando Florida. Blue titled wrappers noted as PROJECT NO. 19130 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 6 MAY 1954 noted as PROJECT NO. 19130 with credits for writer Nat S. Linden and a number of tech advisors. 79 leaves with last page of text numbered 70. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light dampstaining and edgewear. N.p. unknown
