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  1. David Oliver

    The HTF reading (yes, reading) challenge

    Well, a week away from work with a cold has allowed me to finish my second book in the reading challeng, Which Lie Did I Tell? by William Goldman. This is a follow-up to Goldman's Adventures in the Screen Trade chronicling Goldman's life as a prominent Hollywood screenwriter. Goldman is best...
  2. David Oliver

    The HTF reading (yes, reading) challenge

    I have just completed my first book of the HTF reading challenge. It is Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City by Nicholas Christopher (I don’t believe it is on the list). There may be no cinematic genre, school, what have you that has been more discussed in books than Film...
  3. David Oliver

    The HTF reading (yes, reading) challenge

    Well I have the CD! Whoo-Hoo!! I rule! OK, enough self-glorification... I cannot say really if it is worth getting separately, how much is it? I haven't explored it too much to say if it is worthwhile. Off the top of my head I do not think I would pay more then $10 for it. I have not seen...
  4. David Oliver

    The HTF reading (yes, reading) challenge

    Al: Yes, $55 includes the book, a supplement titled something like "How to Watch Movies" and the CD-Rom...which I have not looked at yet.
  5. David Oliver

    The HTF reading (yes, reading) challenge

    Al: I could probably pick up the sixth edition at my school bookstore. That is where I got my copy. It is about $55. Seeing as how you live in Boston have you tried the University bookstores around town there?
  6. David Oliver

    The HTF reading (yes, reading) challenge

    Here is a list of movie-related books I have already read. 1) Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of Casablanca - Bogart, Bergman, and World War II Fascinating if you love this movie, because it really outlines how magic was produced in the studio system. 2) Adventures in the Screen Trade...
  7. David Oliver

    The HTF reading (yes, reading) challenge

    It's interesting that this is brought up. I am taking a night class at the local City College, as part of my never-ending desire to get my butt off the couch, called Film Art and it is using the book Film Art previously mentioned. Looking forward to it. The book is actually in it's sixth...
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