The Basic Film Lovers Book Shelf

Ok, so you are discussing the latest fim and you want to impress your friends with phrases such as "mise-en-scene" and "tracking shot" but you have never been to film school. What do you do?
 
1st: Go to the Gap and buy a basic black turtleneck (hense the name of this site). Your film thoughts will always sound more authoritative when you are wearing a black turtleneck.
 
2nd: Buy the books offered to the right. They are the basic Film 101 texts that will teach you every thing you need to know about film but were afraid to ask.
 
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Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960
by David Bordwell, Janet Staiger, Kristin Thompson
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Paperback Reprint edition (December 1986)
Columbia Univ Pr; ISBN: 0231060556 ;
Dimensions (in inches): 1.41 x 9.70 x 7.47

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Film Art : An Introduction
by David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson (Contributor)


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Paperback - 496 pages 5th edition (August 1996)
McGraw Hill College Div; ISBN: 0070066345 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.45 x 9.94 x 8.02

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5001 Nights at the Movies : Expanded for the 90s With 800 New Reviews
by Pauline Kael

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Paperback Revised edition (May 1991)
Henry Holt (Paper); ISBN: 0805013679 ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.04 x 9.28 x 7.26
 
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Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 1999 (Serial) by Roger Ebert

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Paperback - 882 pages (November 1998)
Andrews McMeel Publishing; ISBN: 0836268318 ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.36 x 8.97 x 5.91
 
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Roger Ebert's Book of Film
by Roger Ebert (Editor)


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Hardcover - 793 pages (November 1996)
W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393040003 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.70 x 9.51 x 6.42

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Questions for the Movie Answer Man by Roger Ebert

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Paperback - 160 pages (June 1997)
Andrews & McMeel; ISBN: 0836228944 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.92 x 8.47 x 5.50

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Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide : 1999 by Leonard Maltin (Introduction)


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Mass Market Paperback - 1632 pages (September 1998)
Signet; ISBN: 0451195825 ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.27 x 6.97 x 4.20

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