I would never declare myself an avid reader. But I do make a deliberate effort to read several books in a given calendar year. In fact, I end up at various stages of a collection of books which are in varying stages of completion. As always, they will get read – it is just a matter of WHEN. The answer is always EVENTUALLY.
My current “book du jour” is Stephen Fry’s autobiography, The Fry Chronicles, which I started this morning on my way into the office.
As I make my way through this and a few other titles over the next couple of months, waiting, in a pile on my desk, in my Amazon.com wish list and sundry other forms, is a collection of cinematically-oriented texts whose pages are ready to unfurled. Here is a sampling of that collection:
With any luck, throughout the remaining 8 months of the year, I will be updating iluvcinema readers as to what I think about these and any other titles I come across.
In the meantime, now it’s your turn, what are some of your favorite movie-related books? They can be fiction or non-fiction.
Awesome list! I’m still slacking on my reading resolution, I’m so ashamed of myself
I’m really curious about the last two books you mentioned, Hitchcock Style and the Film Noir one.
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Hitchcock style has a lot of photographs so it is a cheat of sorts in terms of a book that one would “read”
Definitely a coffee table book.
I love noir and have read several books on the subject. I am really hoping that this is just another in a series of great books about the subject.
What a great set of film books! I’d say Steve Schapiro’s The Godfather Family Album from Taschen would qualify for me. I also picked up the Horror Films of the 1990s by author and friend John Kenneth Muir recently and am enjoying its dark treats. I have a number of film noir books I’m slowly working my way through, myself. Fun post.
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Film noir books seem to be so well written, don’t you think? One of the more interesting ones that I read was Dark City Dames: The Wicked Women of Film Noir:
Very true. I couldn’t agree more. My favorite reference book in this distinct category would be this one, my friend:
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Argh!!! The linked image didn’t come across! Anyway, it is FILM NOIR – The Encyclopedia
p.s., what linked image code did you use to embed the Dark City DAMES above?
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Hey Leopard:
I have an Amazon Associate account and when I want to link something I am able to it.