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Darren, I cannot comment on anything worthwhile since I never read that book. I just want you to know that I and probably many others read your post and I really appreciate that you write these book reviews. Hope your next reading is more rewarding. About Bordwell's new edition of Film Arts...

While they probably wouldn't count in the challenge since they are anthologies rather than a book, I would highly recommend Movies and Methods, vol.1 and 2 (edited by Bill Nichols) and They contain some of the most interesting and insightful articles, essays, or excerpts of a book - and they...

Good for you, Darren. I couldn't put it in better words. Even though Anna Karena is rather beautiful, the stark lighting strips away glamor to get to the core of humanity. A truly beautiful film. ------------------ http://www.geocities.com/the7thart/index.html My Life to Live...

I am still at the preface, and I'm not getting anywhere. Not that Kracauer book is not highly interesting, it argues in the first page that film is very akin to photograph, which inspired my ill-fated HTF poll about "what is cinema". I just need to motivate myself. Congratulation on your...

Al, I imagine that it should be fairly easy to get Bordwell's book from where you live. From what I remember, it was used as THE textbook for introductory film class at Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, USC, and I suspect 90% of all colleges. I second that Film Art: Introduction is a great book...

Well, one my new year's resolution was to read more books on movies. What a coincidence. I was going to begin with Siegfried Kracauer's Theory of Film. Darren, you got to add this title because I wanna count in and it is thought to be one of the classics.