It's well known that a vast number of people work on any given movie in
roles as varied as writing scripts, choosing locations, dressing sets, costuming
the players, lighting scenes, manipulating the camera, directing actors, editing
film, working on sound, advertising the finished product, and screening it to an
audience. Have you ever thought about how these components are collated? Or why
the director is most often considered the author of a film? Wonder no more,
because Sidney Lumet's Making Movies is a terrific journey through each stage
of filmmaking that is overseen by the director. Lumet, the veteran director of
Twelve Angry Men, The Pawnbroker, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Network, The Verdict,
and many other fine movies, knows the ins and outs of American filmmaking as well
as anyone. In this excellent, personable account, Lumet tells what he's learned
about making movies in the course of the last 40 years. He shows why fine
directors need to have strong imaginations, extraordinary adaptability, and skill
in many different fields. His enthusiasm for his life's work, particularly his
love of actors, is evident on every page of this book. As Herculean as the labors
of film directing are, Lumet takes great pleasure in his work, almost guiltily
admitting that the film director's job is "the best in the world."

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