Reading List, UPDATED!
reflections and research
I went to the Arts and Letters library a while ago in search for film books.
Yes, my cinematic eye is awake again.
I have so many books to read but i shall spare you some of them. My reading list ,shown below, are necessary, almost a requisite for my life in U.P. I don't know for some students, but i usually have reading list in order to fill gaps in time and stuffs. It is something that i do for fun aside from collecting stickers for Starbucks Planner, which i personally don't like (aesthetically speaking). But who cares, it's a planner for 2009.
READING LIST:
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Anatomy of Film, 4th editionby Bernard F. Dick
Published: 2002 Bedford/St. Martins
Topics: Basics of Film. Definitions of terms.
Beginners guide to film.
RATING: * * *
Comments: Simple discussions, straightforward, for amateur cinephiles
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FILM ART: An Introduction 4th ed.by DAVID BORDWELL & KRISTIN THOMPSON
Published: 1993 McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Topics: Film Production, Theory, Form, Style, Analysis
a little discussion on Film history
RATING: * * * *
Comments: I like the discussions in Film analysis. Frame by frame focus of discussions. Has a set of colored plates in the middle section. Academic perspective.
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Film Studies: Critical Approachesedited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Published: 2000 Oxford University Press
TOPICS: Critical Analysis of Film Form. Academic viewpoints of Film text and context.
RATING: * * * * *
Comments: Very reliable book. Includes discussion of film by experts. Academic perspective. Good discussions of Film Hermeneutics.
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WORLD CINEMA: Critical Approachesedited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Published: 2000 Oxford University Press
Topics: Genre of Films. Avant-Garde alternatives. European, Anglophone, World cinema Case studies.
RATING: * * * *
Comments: Better case studies. Notoriety from experts. Academic perspective.
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Philosophical Writingby A. P. Martinich
Published: @ 2005 Blackwell Publishing
TOPICS: Writing. Importance of Grammar, Logic, Composition in writing. Philosophy on writing. Writing on Philosophy.
RATING: * * * * *
Comments: Very useful for college students who have writing courses or majors. Great for Philosophy Majors. Teaches and convinces readers proper ways to compose essays.
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After Postmodernismby Lopez and Potter
TOPICS: Postmodernism. Critical Realism.
RATING: * *
Comments: Unsuccessful execution of ideas, but informative.
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Crossing the Threshold of Hope
by Pope John Paul II
TOPICS: Catholicism. Metaphysics. Ethics. Christology.
RATING: * * * * *
Comments: Very inspiring. Written by the Pope. Question and answer type. Straightforward Answers.
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The Portable Postmodernist
by Arthur Asa Berger
Published: 2003 AltaMira Press
Topics: Postmodernism. Intertexuality. Nietzsche
RATING: * * * * *
Comments: A self-referential postmodern text about postmodernism. Artful. Really interests readers.
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These books are short-spanned and last for only two weeks in my shelf especially the borrowed books. Some of them, i own.
All of them are a great read! So grab one.
