Ted Hope Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Ted Hope on XIndie Filmworker. Former Studio Exec. "HopeForFilm" (memoir/handbook & current newsletter). Lifelong believer that we can build something better together.

John: Loving Jesus and Keeping His Word
Paul Y. LeeArt and commerce can rival peanut butter & jelly. Like Paul & John, or Mick & Keith, Ella & Louis, or Nancy & Lee, it can be awesome music when harmonious. They don't need to be enemies. Isn’t that the promise of “Hollywood”? That one generates the other? WHERE did we go wrong?
Hardcover, 2020
$52.95Member price:$50.30 + Free shipping5% off
Colors of Film: The Story of Cinema in 50 Palettes
Charles BramescoWondering about a gift to get that filmmaker you know? Check out this Interview w 'Colors of Film: The Story of Cinema in 50 Palettes' Author Charles Bramesco & that problem will be solved! https://t.co/3hiPatDtKb
Hardcover, 2023
$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hope for Film: A Producer's Journey Across the Revolutions of Indie Film and Global Streaming
Ted HopeCan you help me with something? If you've read my book #HopeForFilm, I need some prompts to spark discussion for each chapter. Any suggestions are truly appreciated. Did anything specific encourage you to think further/deeper than you had about a certain aspect previously?
Paperback, 2020
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
God Machine
Greg F. GifuneI met @JamesSchamus here for the 1st time. Of course he was reading a French novel. I am not sure it was the espresso but many films & friendships resulted & Good Machine was born. #OriginStories (photo by James & Karla Murray) https://t.co/cFmurabRx2
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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Jenny Odell“attention may be the last resource we have left to withdraw.” — Jenny Odell “How to Do Nothing,”
Hardcover, 2019
$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Doctor Who: Origin Stories
Bbc Children's Boo Penguin Random HouseI met @JamesSchamus here for the 1st time. Of course he was reading a French novel. I am not sure it was the espresso but many films & friendships resulted & Good Machine was born. #OriginStories (photo by James & Karla Murray) https://t.co/cFmurabRx2
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The Guardian
Charles E. BorjasI #MustSee this film! Crumb! Solondz! American Splendor! Safdies! SPWilliams! Kline! Oh my! Funny Pages review – a deliciously dark coming-of-age comedy | Cannes 2022 | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/may/24/funny-pages-review-cannes-2022
Paperback, 2016
$5.99Member price:$2.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Pattern of Russian Liberal Reforms and its Implications for Russia and the United States
Naval Postgraduate SchoolWhat are the solutions? Things are getting better (but they are also always getting worse too). One step forward, two steps back. Two steps forward, one step back. And yes the rock sometimes rolls back and crushes us, but it still is worth the effort (I think).
Paperback, 2016
$12.95Member price:$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book