Can /lit/ reccomend me some essential works discussing film theory/criticism? I would ask /tv/ but I feel like I'd get better answers here.
http://www.amazon.com/Sculpting-Time-Tarkovsky-Filmaker-Discusses/dp/0292776241
Bazin, Benjamin and Kracauer.
>>8001969
Film Art series by Bordwell Thompson is a good introduction. The Screenwriter's Bible is pretty good for learning the basics of how hollywood style film scripts are made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP4pcDLI57c
CAN SOMEONE explain to me what these Zizek videos are about? *sniff* I have no idea what the fuck he is talking about, but I guess this is his appeal *sniff*.
>The Avengers
>"This time I went to Cuba... *sniff*"
http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/aesthetics-and-film-9780826485236/
best intro you could ask for tb h
I have a friend who read "Film as Film" by V.F. Perkins. Could anybody tell me if that book is any good?