Alain Silver Bibliography

BIBLIOGRAPHY

This Bibliography is a listing of books written or edited by Alain Silver. Links keyed to the book covers are, where available, more detailed page or for use in ordering the book (either directly from the publishers or from Amazon on-line). Links to Articles in Internet Magazines & Sites. For full Library of Congress data GO HERE. For titles which are "Out of Stock" from Amazon use Bookfinder.com or Bibliofind.

Director/Writer Studies

David Lean and His Films, First Edition published by Leslie Frewin Ltd. in 1974. Second Edition published by Silman-James in 1992. With a Preface by Robert Wise.

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"This is the kind of book every legendary director deserves and few of them ever receive: a carefully observed, clearly written, critically alert analysis of his body of work. This is film scholarship at the highest level, and a book that is in every sense worthy of its great subject." Richard Schickel

[For a link to a career article on Lean, CLICK HERE or scroll down to the end of the page]

What Ever Happened to Robert Aldrich?, published by Limelight Editions in 1995. A biography and critical study of the producer/director of films as diverse asKiss Me Deadly and The Dirty Dozen. CLICK HERE for links to a Kiss Me Deadly articles on-line or to go to a Career Article on Aldrich at Senses of Cinema. Get the book now from

Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles(click here for excerpts), first published by the Overlook Press in 1987 and just reissued. [Cover for Amazon or HERE for Overlook's Web Site.]

"With appropriate text and commentary for each photograph, in some ways, Ward and Silver revive Raymond Chancler's world more effectively than [Robert] Parker [in The Poodle Springs Story].... My favorite shot is the Santa Monica pier where Marlowe caught the water taxi to the Montecito gambling ship in Farewell, My Lovely. The Pier, in its splendid desolation, still evokes 1935 like an Edward Hopper painting." The Village Voice
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Roger Corman: Metaphysics on a Shoestring by Silman/James (March, 2005). A critical study of the most prolific producer/director in motion picture history from Day the World Ended to Frankenstein Unbound with everything in between. [Click on title or cover for Amazon]

Genre Studies
SPRING, 2007 - Gangster Film Reader, published by Amadeus/Limelight, an anthology of critical essays on the genre, including seminal articles from Warshaw, Clarens, Sarris, and Wood. [Click on title or cover for more information or HERE to order it from .]

L.A. Noir: the city as character, published by the Santa Monica Press (October, 2005). A Southern California Booksellers Association nominee for best 2006 non-fiction. [ CLICK HERE or on the cover for more information or order it from ]
Listen to a public radio interview from L.A. Noir: KPCC

Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style, First Edition published by The Overlook Press in 1979. Third Edition published in 1993 including an extensive essay on Neo-Noir. [CLICK HERE for The Overlook Press Web Site]
or get it now from In Progress: Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style, 4th Edition to be published by Overlook Press in 2008. For more information Click here or on cover.
"A top flight piece of work" Walter Hill

"It's what you always want in a film reference book, but rarely find: comprehensive, intelligently organized, voluminously illustrated, and possessed of its own distinctive voice." Lawrence Kasdan

Film Noir Reader Series
Film Noir Reader, published by Limelight Editions in 1996, this book is the definitive collection of the development of critical thinking about film noir. [CLICK HERE or on the Cover for the index page, excerpts, and ordering information (from Amazon and Limelight).]
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Film Noir Reader 2, from Limelight Editions, this companion volume includes more hard-to-find seminal essays and distinguished articles on the classic period of noir. Click Cover for information or CLICK HERE to order from Amazon Books

PUBLISHED IN WINTER, 2002 - Film Noir Reader 3, from Limelight Editions, contains 18 never-before-published interviews and commentaries with filmmakers from the classic period of noir. Click Cover for information or CLICK HERE to Order from Amazon Books

PUBLISHED IN FALL, 2004 - Film Noir Reader 4, from Limelight Editions, containing 21 new case studies and essays on noir. Click Cover for information or get the book now from

The Noir Style, an oversized volume (12 by 12 inches) published by the Overlook Press, this is the first book-length study of the visual style of film noir featuring over 150 high quality, duotone illustrations. Click Cover for information or CLICK HERE to order from Amazon Books with a 30% discount.

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The Samurai Film, First Edition (left) published by A.S. Barnes in 1977. Second Edition (right) published by The Overlook Press in 1983.

A completely revised and updated Third Edition was published in hardcover November, 2005
and paper Novmber, 2006.
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More Things Than Are Dreamt Of, published by Limelight Editions in 1995, this is a companion volume to The Vampire Film, which examines classic of supernatural literature and film from Mary Shelley to Stephen King. With a Preface by William Peter Blatty. [CLICK HERE or on the Cover for an excerpt and ordering information (from Amazon and Limelight).] or get the book now from

The Vampire Film, First Edition published by A.S. Barnes in 1974. Second & Third editions published by Limelight Editions in 1993 & 1997. [Click on cover for more details.]
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Horror Film Reader, from Limelight Editions, this volume includes nine seminal essays from 1952 to 1975 on the horror genre and a dozen newer pieces by distinguished critics noir. Click Cover for information or Order from
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Film Production

The Film Director's Team, First Edition published by Simon & Schuster in 1983. Second Edition published by Silman-James in 1992. An introduction to Production Management and Assistant Directing including numerous sample schedules and actual budgets.
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Film Budgeting, An introduction to Production Budgeting published by Lone Eagle.
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Essays

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"The Hummer as Brute Image" in and in
an analysis of "Ride the Pink Horse"
Coming from Taschen Books in Spring, 2009
Links to Internet Journals & Essays
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The explanation of original ending of Kiss Me Deadly with a reconstruction via animated GIF file.

Nanook of the North, an article on early ethnography in Oneworld Magazine

A survey of the films of genre director Mario Bava, updated from the original Photon Magazine article and featuring several animated GIFs.

A career article on Robert Aldrich for Senses of Cinema's "Great Directors" series [BACK TO TOP]

An essay on Samurai Spy for the Criterion Collection DVD release.

An Interview with Andr� de Toth from Film Noir Reader 3
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The complete revised version of the Film Comment article "Kiss Me Deadly: Evidence of a Style" with over 50 frame enlargments (not recommended for slow browsers or line speeds).

A career article on David Lean for Senses of Cinema's "Great Directors" series

An Excerpt from The Samurai Film, 3rd Edition
An Introduction to Film Noir

>An Excerpt from the 4th Edition of
Film Noir An Encyclopedic Reference about After Dark, My Sweet

Notes on Emperor of the North

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