Bootlace Cinema book is now out!!

[Mark Williams]

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[Rob Young]

Hardback copy ordered.

[Paul Adsett]

Requested the hardcover copy for my upcoming birthday present. Pretty sure I'll get it!

[Douglas Meltzer]

Mark's book is out and my order is in!

[Phillip Campey]

Arrived today, looking forward to reading it.

[Michael O’Regan]

My copy arrived today and it looks fab. Good work, Mark.

[Paul Adsett]

Hoping we see some early reviews of Mark's book posted on this forum.

[Mark Williams]

Thanks to all for supporting my book!!

Please leave your comments here.

Best Wishes

Mark W

[Eivind Mork]

Congratulations, Mark, for making such a great book for the community! I was lucky to be able to interview Mark about his new book. You can read more about the podcast episode in a separate post.

[Mark McLaughlin]

I’m waiting for the book from Amazon. Can’t wait!

[Douglas Meltzer]

Mark's book is a well-researched, very enjoyable read. It starts off with an introduction by Director Donald Farmer, who shows that he's been a real Super 8 film fan for a long time. Keith Wilton then looks back on how he got involved editing cutdowns for Perry’s Movies, PM Films & Derann. Keith includes a list of his Super 8 credits, which amazingly total over 30! Next, Mark goes into detail about a number of UK based distributors, however Castle/U-8 is the only non-UK company covered in this section. Lee Mannering then relates the history of his classic documentary about the hobby, The Cinema in Miniature.

The remainder of the book is devoted to the many package films that Mark has chosen to highlight, 148 titles in all. The films' cover artwork is nicely presented, with each getting a synopsis along with a description of the various versions available. Here I was introduced to a few titles I never knew existed, among them Iver’s Hugo the Hippo, UFA’s The Concorde Affair & Fletcher’s The Playbirds! Once I reached the end of the book, I became incredibly greedy, wishing that Mark had continued on & on.

I recommend Bootlace Cinema not only to fellow film collectors, but also to lovers of these genre movies.

The ultimate compliment I can give is that reading Mark’s book prompted me to set up my projector to start reviewing my collection.

[Mark Williams]

Thanks for the mini review Doug, I’m glad you enjoyed reading it and it got you projecting again last night!!

The book has been a long time coming and I’m so glad the comments so far have been 100% positive.

Please can you leave a review on Amazon too if you get a chance.

[Lincoln Thorn]

I just received it in the mail today while I was out working! Can’t wait for some bedtime reading tonight!

[Joachim Schmidt]

Hi Mark,

I just published a review of your lovely book on my website: https://off2.de/blog/2024/08/03/buch...otlace-cinema/

And if you are interested in information about e.g. Piccolo Film, you can find some here: https://off2.de/ueber-super-8/super-...-piccolo-film/

[Juergen Kellermann]

amazon.com won't deliver the book to Australia...
amazon.com.au does not stock the book...

So how can we purchase it "down under"?