I watch a lot of movies /lit/. I'm looking for good books about cinema. I've read neither Bergman nor Ebert books and I mention them because I know they're popular.
Give me some recommendations /lit/. I'm looking for technical, biographical and historical books.
>>7693370
Cinema was a meme author, and had no discernible talent. He was shitposting, and is literally genre tier fiction. clearly a juvenile author.
>>7693370
Tarkovsky's "Sculpting in Time"
"Film as Subversive Art"
>>7693390
Thanks anon. I love Tarkovsky and I'm definitely reading it.
>>7693467
Tarkovsky is easily the most based director out there I'd want him to be my uncle.
>>7693666
>Tarkovsky
Looks like Tom Selleck to me.
>>7693370
Adorno
Heretical Empiricism by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cinema 1 and 2 by Gilles Deleuze; if you've seen enough of the references
Notes on the Cinematographer by Robert Bresson; out of print now and too small and scatter-brained to drop $100 on but if you can find it for $5
Gunning, Bordwell, Bazin, etc. for specific directors and films.
>>7693370
What is Cinema by Bazin
Cinematography Theory and Practice by Blain Brown
David Bordwell writes shitloads of books that are okay
Gilles Deleuze Cinema I and II
Jonathan Rosenbaum's Movie Wars and Moving Places
I'm So-So by Kryzstof Kieslowski
The Poetics of Cinema by Raul Ruiz
Adorno's Aesthetic Theory
The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime by Zizek
Rudolf Arnheim's Film as Art
pic related is my Cinema ebook collection
>>7693717
Pls share family.
>>7693719
I got some links for you familia
If you google 'film studies for free' you can find a blog that compiles free academic books about film
Piratebay torrent:
/torrent/6522030/
There are 4 volumes of that torrent, tons of books.
>>7693740
This should be great. I'm honestly not sure how to even get into film studies on the academic level so at least I'll have some materials to consume in the meantime.
>>7693666
He really is
>>7693698
>>7693717
Thanks for those suggestions, anons.
>>7693844
Who are these semen demons?
Read Hitchcock/Truffaut.
>>7693851
The Herculoids. One of my favourites.
>>7693682
And that's a bad thing?
>>7693682
looks more like man at arms
>>7693717
>David Bordwell writes shitloads of books that are okay
he co-wrote my class' text with Kristin Thompson: Film Art An Introduction. this was the fifth edition back a million years ago. it's good. my teacher picked it by crowdsourcing all his colleagues and people he went to school with/made films with. this was for a film making class in the art dept, not theory thru the english dept, if it matters.
I also found pic related invaluable and extremely concise,
>>7693959
lel, senpai
>>7694154
That's a convincing argument.
>>7693370
>going to books to learn about the cinema
That's like going to film school and not to films.
>>7694218
>going to film school
>>7694218
> going to film school and not to films.
>>7694218
I've watched an incredibly huge amount of films. What's the problem with enjoying reading and wanting to read books that have movies as the main theme?
Also your logic is complete garbage but you should know that already.
>and not to films
I know you're on this thread so I will just say that I love you
>>7694270
Drop a hint.
>>7694269
So what do you suggest someone interesting in this area of study do to start off?
I'm back. Any progress in terms of our film studies breakthroughs?
I really enjoy just reading screenplays. Just finished some by Rohmer.
Kael
>>7695135
Then why won't you talk to me?
>>7695167
I don't understand what is going on here.
>>7695102
>Thread asking for books on Cinema
>Just reads screenplays
Thank you for your time OP.
>>7695187
Are you in love with Kael?
>>7695189
I'm OP. That's not me.
>>7695193
I'm afraid so.
>>7695201
Sorry about how this nice little thread got off track Mr. or Miss OP.
>>7694218
>going to film school and not to films.
That thought sickens me.
>>7695206
It's ok anon. I actually got some good suggestions.
>>7695218
You may want to check out Peter Bogdanovich's "Who the Devil Made It?" where he interviews guys like Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks, and Fritz Lang.
>>7695203
Ugh, nevermind.
>>7695218
>and krillin is not a human because he has no nose and his wife is a robot
LOL
O
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>>7695216
Squinting Tarantula is a sick mother fucker.
>>7695218
Hopefully you get more as the thread reverts back to its original intent.
>>7695227
I have no mind in the first place.
>>7695223
And Sidney Lumet too. I like the idea anon, thank you.
