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Post by pessimusreincarnated on Mar 15, 2017 18:30:50 GMT
Need some recommendations..
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Post by Viced on Mar 15, 2017 21:14:22 GMT
Making Movies- Sidney Lumet Bambi vs. Godzilla- David Mamet Adventures in the Screen Trade- William Goldman
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Post by eyebrowmorroco on Mar 16, 2017 0:22:44 GMT
Sculpting in Time, Tarkovsky
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Mar 16, 2017 8:13:09 GMT
A Cinema of Loneliness - Robert Kolker
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Post by ibbi on Mar 16, 2017 11:13:13 GMT
A Cinema of Loneliness - Robert Kolker Definitely my favourite.
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Post by Mattsby on Mar 18, 2017 0:19:59 GMT
On Directing - Mamet Making Movies - Lumet Cut to the Chase - O’Steen In the Blink of an Eye - Murch The Conversations w/ Murch
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Post by tobias on Mar 18, 2017 6:59:07 GMT
I'm currently reading Hitchcock/Truffaut and that's definitely recommended. Hitchcock is surprisingly articulate.
I'm most interested in Ruiz's Poetics of Cinema.
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Post by ingmarhepburn on Mar 19, 2017 10:17:36 GMT
Hitchcock/Truffaut is great. It gives you great insight into Hitch's filmography. And it's really hard to put down.
My favorite has to be 1001 movies you must see before you die. It's a very comprehensive list, with comments/reviews on the most relevant films.
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Post by ibbi on Mar 19, 2017 10:52:48 GMT
Oh, and Ebert's Great Movies books are compulsively readable. It's a shame more people don' t do writeups like this, but I guess most of them probably don't have enough name value/large enough a fanbase to warrant the time and effort it would take. You don't technically need the books, as all the reviews are online here but either way, a lot of these are just incredibly readable, and passionate. As someone who found a lot of Ebert's regular reviews I read to be bordering on the incompetent, it's nice to see more considered pieces like this that really dig into the work in more depth.
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Post by taranofprydain on Mar 20, 2017 0:18:07 GMT
I'll second Ibbi's Great Movies suggestion.
Also, although they are out of print, see if you can track down the old coffee table books about the major studios which detail every film the studios had made up to that time. They are compulsive browsing.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Mar 20, 2017 3:21:14 GMT
Thirding the Great Movies trilogy.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 14:53:08 GMT
1001 movies you have to see before you die
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Post by eliuson on May 8, 2017 7:09:33 GMT
What are some of the best film books that you've read and what is it that you like about them?
Any recommendation?
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Post by Mattsby on May 8, 2017 7:25:57 GMT
On Directing Film by David Mamet Short book, fast read. He distills filmmaking to its bare essentials. Makes quite a few eye-opening (at least for me) comments about animated films, too.
Making Movies by Sidney Lumet Great insight into the mind/life of a filmmaker. All its wreck and glory.
In the Blink of an Eye / The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film Murch is a must. He's a genius, when it comes to sound and sculpting (editing). Lotta great tips / insight.
Cut to the Chase: 45 Years of Editing America's Favourite Movies by Sam O'Steen Immensely enjoyable read. O'Steen edited some of the most important American films ever made. He worked most closely with Mike Nichols and Roman Polanski - lotta juicy scoops on how those two work.
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Post by jakesully on May 8, 2017 10:35:03 GMT
Rebels on the Backlot is a kick ass book about PTA, Tarantino , Fincher and more directors' rise to fame during the 90s . I highly recommend it.
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