Lauri Gaffin — Moving Still: A Cinematic Life Frame by Frame

Lauri Gaffin — Moving Still: A Cinematic Life Frame by Frame

Published by Damiani, this is a personal memoir from American set decorator Lauri Gaffin, built around four decades of behind-the-scenes photography from film sets. The book moves between indie work — Fargo, The Pursuit of Happyness — and the larger productions of Charlie's Angels, Iron Man and Thor, with Gaffin's own narrative threading through.

What makes it worth keeping is the collaborative side of filmmaking it documents: the directors, actors, production designers and crew Gaffin has worked alongside, and the contrast she draws between the steady demands of production and a more complicated personal life. Hardcover, 166 pages.