Here’s a diary of film-related books that I’ve managed to read (and write about, in some cases). The books are rated using (surprise!) 
s. The rating may vary from 
to . As usual, the ratings might vary over time.
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BOOK |
AUTHOR/TRANSLATOR/EDITOR |
YEAR |
RATING |
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Andrei Tarkovsky
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Sean Martin
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2005
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Cahiers du Cinéma, The 1950s: Neo-Realism, Hollywood, New Wave
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Jim Hillier
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1985
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Ideology And The Image: Social Representation in the Cinema and Other Media
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Bill Nichols
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1981
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Devotional Cinema
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Nathaniel Dorsky
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2004
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Victor F. Perkins
|
1972
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Film Genre: From Iconography To Ideology
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Barry Keith Grant
|
2007
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Hitchcock’s Films Revisited
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Robin Wood
|
1989
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Movies As Politics
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Jonathan Rosenbaum
|
1997
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Robert Bresson/Jonathan Griffin
|
1977
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On Film Editing
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Edward Dmytryk
|
1984
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Satyajit Ray
|
1976
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Political Film: The Dialectics Of Third Cinema
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Mike Wayne
|
2001
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Martin Scorsese/David Thompson, Ian Christie
|
1979
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Akira Kurosawa/Audie E. Bock
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1983
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Alexander Walker
|
1976
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Tarantino
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Jim Smith
|
2005
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Robert Kolker
|
1983
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Alberto Elena/Belinda Coombes
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2005
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The Films Of Akira Kurosawa
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Donald Richie
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1984
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The New Wave: Truffaut, Godard, Chabrol, Rohmer, Rivette
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James Monaco
|
1977
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Beat Presser
|
2002
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André Bazin/Hugh Gray
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1967
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André Bazin/Hugh Gray
|
1971
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http://theseventhart.info/2009/03/25/book-nook-werner-herzog/
December 22, 2010 at 8:06 pm
I don’t know if you’re aware, but a lot of ebooks on cinema are available for free download on Scribd. Just search for “cinema”, and voila!
December 22, 2010 at 8:35 pm
Yes, Sudipto, I do. But I wish I could download free time from somewhere…
Cheers!