As an adult, you can look back at your youth and remember the books that helped shape your life. And what book helped more than the alphabet-learning tool was used by your parents and teachers to make sure you could actually read and write like a functioning, English-speaking human? Those books probably taught you that ‘C’ is for “cat” or ‘A’ is for “apple.” But what if you’re more interested in films than pets and fruit? The makers of Cinephile: A Card Game have you covered with their latest project, “A is for Auteur.”
Much like the books used to teach children the alphabet, “A is for Auteur” works as a simple tool to help kids learn letters. But if you’re an adult child and a big cinephile, it’s also a beautiful book of great art and some of the biggest names in filmmaking history. And in honor of the book being available for pre-order now, we are thrilled to be giving away a copy of the book and an art print of one of the filmmakers.
Here’s the description for the book:
From the creators of Cinephile: A Card Game comes A is for Auteur, an alphabet book for cinephiles of all ages featuring cinema’s greatest filmmakers from A to Z. Clever, beautifully-designed and packed with references to more than 200 films from Alfred Hitchcock to Agnès Varda, this one-of-a-kind collection is a must-own for cinephiles and little cinephiles alike.
But don’t go thinking Varda and Hitchcock are the only filmmakers mentioned in the book. Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, and Terrence Malick all have letters devoted to them. In addition, if you’re hoping for more filmmakers that maybe aren’t mentioned in the daily Film Twitter discourse, there are folks such as Roger Corman, Sergio Corbucci, John Sayles, Seijun Suzuki, Ida Lupino, Barbara Loden, John Frankenheimer, Lucio Fulci, and Kenji Mizoguchi.
Overall, this is a great book for the growing cinephiles that are still in diapers, as well as the cinephiles that are already able to recite the entire filmography of Ingmar Bergman.
To win the book and art print, all you have to do is follow The Playlist on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter , tweet: “I want to win the ‘A is for Auteur’ Giveaway from @ThePlaylist. #WinThePlaylistContest,” and include the URL of this story. Your final step: just email us your tweet to [email protected], with your full name and address.
If you just want to skip the pretense of the contest and just buy the book yourself, you can do so at the official website or follow the creators on Twitter.
Here’s an example of one of the 18×18 art prints from the book.
Full list of potential 18×18 prints to chose from in the A is for Auteur book:
A is for Anderson (Paul Thomas)
B is for Bigelow (Kathyrn)
C is for Coppola (Francis Ford)
D is for De Palma (Brian)
E is for Ephron (Nora)
F is for Fellini (Federico)
G is for Godard (Jean-Luc)
H is for Hitchcock (Alfred)
I is for Ingmar (Bergman)
J is for Jonze (Spike)
K is Kubrick (Stanley)
L is for Lynch (David)
M is for Malick (Terrence)
N is for Nichols & May (Mike & Elaine)
O is for Ozu (Yasujirō)
P is for Pedro (Almodovar)
Q is for Quentin (Tarantino)
R is for Ray (Satyajit)
S is for Scorsese (Martin)
T is for Truffaut (François)
U is for Underrated (Filmmakers)
V is for Varda (Agnès)
W is for Welles (Orson)
X is for Spike (Lee)
Y is for Yang (Edward)
Z is for Zinnemann (Fred)