IndianaJones
Aug 14th, 2001, 12:06:53 AM
I'm bored so I thouhgt I'd post my reading list for this coming year, well the reading list for my film studies classes. Thought it might interest some people.
Film Books Reading List
General Reference
The MovieGuide
Halliwell’s Film Guide
Hamilton, Edith. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Kane, Thomas S.. The New Oxford Guide to Writing
Katz, Ephraim. The Film Encyclopedia 3rd ed.
Konigsberg, Ira. The Complete Film Dictionary, 2nd ed.
Maltin, Leonard. Movie & Video Guide
Opdycke, John B.. Harper’s English Grammar
Partridge, Eric. Usage and Abusage
Strunk, William. Elements of Style
Wilhelm, Elliot. VideoHound’s World of Cinema: The Adventurer’s Guide to Movie Watching
Cinema Surveys
Cook, David A. A History of Narrative Film, 2nd ed
Dyer, Richard, and Ginete Vincendeau, eds. Popular European Cinema
Sarris, Andrew. The American Cinema
Talbot, Daniel. Film: An Anthology
Thompson, Kristin, and David Bordwell. Film History: An Introduction
Film History
Berg, A. Scott. Goldwyn
Baskind, Peter. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-And-Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Bogle, Donald. Toms, Coon, Mulattoes, Mammies, & Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks In American Film, 3rd ed
Bordwell, David, Janet Straiger, and Kristin Thompson. The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style & Mode of Production to 1960
Brownlow, Kevin. The Parade’s Gone Buy…
Capra, Frank. The Names Above the Title
Cherchi Usai, Paolo. Burning Passions: An Introduction to the Study of Silent Film
Clarens, Carlos. Crime Movies
Cowie, Peter. Coppola: A Biography
Everson, William K. American Silent Film
Friedrich, Otto. City of Nests: A Portarait of Hollywood in the 1940’s
Gabler, Neal. An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood
Griffin, Nancy, and Kim Masters. Hit & Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony For A Ride in Hollywood
Harmetz, Ajean. The Making of the Wizard of Oz
Huston,John. An Open Book
Kracaucer, Siegfried. From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film
Pierson, John. Spike, Mike, Slakers, & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across A Decade ofAmerican Independent Cinema
Pollock, Dale(A.K.A. My Dean). Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas
Schatz, Thomas. Genius of the System: Hollywood Film making in the Studio Era
Sklar, Robert. Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies
Spoto, Donald. The Darker Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock
Aesthetics
Arnheim, Rudolf. Film As Art
Bordwell, David, and Kristi Thompson. Film Art: An Introduction, 4th ed.
Horton, Andrew S., and Joan Magretta., eds. Modern European Filmmakers and the Art of Adaptation
Kerr, Walter. Tragedy and Comedy
Silver, Alain, and Elizabeth Ward. Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style
Sitney, P. Adams. Sculpting in Time: Reflections on the Cinema
Non-Fiction Film
Barnouw, Erik. Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film
Barsam, Richard M. Nonfiction Film: A Critical History, revised ed.
Cinematography
Elkins, David. The Camera Assistant’s Manual, 2nd ed
Elkins, David. Camera Terms and Concepts
Editing
Murch, Walter. In the Blink of An Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing
Reiz, Karel, and Gavin Millar. The Technique of Film Editing, enlarged edition
Rosenblum, Ralph, and Robert Karen. When the Shooting Stops… the Cutting Begins: A Film Editor’s Story
Screenwriting
Cooper, Dona. Writing Great Screenplays For Film and TV, 2nd ed
Field, Syd. The Screenwriter’s Workbook
Goldman, William. Adventures in the Screen Trade
Haiuge, Micheal. Writing Screenplays that Sell
Vogler, Christopher. The Writer’s Journey, 2nd ed
Directing
Lumet, Sydney. Making Movies
Producing
Houghton, Buck. What a Producer Does
Vachon, Christine. Shooting to Kill
Finance
Daniels, Bill, David Leedy, and Steven D. Sills. Movie Money: Understanding Hollywood’s Creative Accounting Practices
Film Books Reading List
General Reference
The MovieGuide
Halliwell’s Film Guide
Hamilton, Edith. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Kane, Thomas S.. The New Oxford Guide to Writing
Katz, Ephraim. The Film Encyclopedia 3rd ed.
Konigsberg, Ira. The Complete Film Dictionary, 2nd ed.
Maltin, Leonard. Movie & Video Guide
Opdycke, John B.. Harper’s English Grammar
Partridge, Eric. Usage and Abusage
Strunk, William. Elements of Style
Wilhelm, Elliot. VideoHound’s World of Cinema: The Adventurer’s Guide to Movie Watching
Cinema Surveys
Cook, David A. A History of Narrative Film, 2nd ed
Dyer, Richard, and Ginete Vincendeau, eds. Popular European Cinema
Sarris, Andrew. The American Cinema
Talbot, Daniel. Film: An Anthology
Thompson, Kristin, and David Bordwell. Film History: An Introduction
Film History
Berg, A. Scott. Goldwyn
Baskind, Peter. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-And-Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Bogle, Donald. Toms, Coon, Mulattoes, Mammies, & Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks In American Film, 3rd ed
Bordwell, David, Janet Straiger, and Kristin Thompson. The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style & Mode of Production to 1960
Brownlow, Kevin. The Parade’s Gone Buy…
Capra, Frank. The Names Above the Title
Cherchi Usai, Paolo. Burning Passions: An Introduction to the Study of Silent Film
Clarens, Carlos. Crime Movies
Cowie, Peter. Coppola: A Biography
Everson, William K. American Silent Film
Friedrich, Otto. City of Nests: A Portarait of Hollywood in the 1940’s
Gabler, Neal. An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood
Griffin, Nancy, and Kim Masters. Hit & Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony For A Ride in Hollywood
Harmetz, Ajean. The Making of the Wizard of Oz
Huston,John. An Open Book
Kracaucer, Siegfried. From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film
Pierson, John. Spike, Mike, Slakers, & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across A Decade ofAmerican Independent Cinema
Pollock, Dale(A.K.A. My Dean). Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas
Schatz, Thomas. Genius of the System: Hollywood Film making in the Studio Era
Sklar, Robert. Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies
Spoto, Donald. The Darker Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock
Aesthetics
Arnheim, Rudolf. Film As Art
Bordwell, David, and Kristi Thompson. Film Art: An Introduction, 4th ed.
Horton, Andrew S., and Joan Magretta., eds. Modern European Filmmakers and the Art of Adaptation
Kerr, Walter. Tragedy and Comedy
Silver, Alain, and Elizabeth Ward. Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style
Sitney, P. Adams. Sculpting in Time: Reflections on the Cinema
Non-Fiction Film
Barnouw, Erik. Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film
Barsam, Richard M. Nonfiction Film: A Critical History, revised ed.
Cinematography
Elkins, David. The Camera Assistant’s Manual, 2nd ed
Elkins, David. Camera Terms and Concepts
Editing
Murch, Walter. In the Blink of An Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing
Reiz, Karel, and Gavin Millar. The Technique of Film Editing, enlarged edition
Rosenblum, Ralph, and Robert Karen. When the Shooting Stops… the Cutting Begins: A Film Editor’s Story
Screenwriting
Cooper, Dona. Writing Great Screenplays For Film and TV, 2nd ed
Field, Syd. The Screenwriter’s Workbook
Goldman, William. Adventures in the Screen Trade
Haiuge, Micheal. Writing Screenplays that Sell
Vogler, Christopher. The Writer’s Journey, 2nd ed
Directing
Lumet, Sydney. Making Movies
Producing
Houghton, Buck. What a Producer Does
Vachon, Christine. Shooting to Kill
Finance
Daniels, Bill, David Leedy, and Steven D. Sills. Movie Money: Understanding Hollywood’s Creative Accounting Practices