{"id":66230,"date":"2015-12-03T23:54:42","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T05:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=66230"},"modified":"2015-12-03T23:54:42","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T05:54:42","slug":"with-release-of-the-documentary-hitchcocktruffaut-5-other-essential-film-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/12\/03\/with-release-of-the-documentary-hitchcocktruffaut-5-other-essential-film-books\/","title":{"rendered":"With release of the documentary ‘Hitchcock\/Truffaut,’ 5 other essential film books"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NEW YORK\u2014The new documentary \u201cHitchcock\/Truffaut\u201d delves into one of the most beloved movie books there is. Few match the conversations between Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut, but there are others, from interview-based books like \u201cThis Is Orson Welles\u201d by Peter Bogdanovich, to great biographies like Elia Kazan’s \u201cA Life.\u201d And there are more being written all the time, like last year’s \u201cFive Came Back,\u201d an account of post-World War II Hollywood by Mark Harris.<\/p>\n

Here are five others that should find a place on any cinephile’s bookshelf:<\/p>\n

\u201cMaking Movies,\u201d Sidney Lumet. The great New York filmmaker goes through how he makes movies with the same straight-forward clarity as his films. Nuts and bolts from a master.<\/p>\n

\u201cNegative Space: Manny Farber on the Movies,\u201d Manny Farber. Some might prefer a collection of another critic, say Pauline Kael or Andrew Sarris. There are many vital ones, but Farber remains foundational, especially when it comes to his fondness for what he called \u201ctermite art.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEasy Riders, Raging Bulls,\u201d Peter Biskind. Among the many colorful histories of Hollywood, few match Biskind’s tales of the wildness, on screen and off, of the ’70s.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Biographical Dictionary of Film,\u201d David Thomson. First published in 1975 but frequently updated since, Thomson’s is a singular attempt to appraise each significant director and star of movie history. Though it’s alphabetized like a dictionary, it’s no simple reference book. Thomson’s definitions are his own: provocative, thoughtful and distinct.<\/p>\n

\u201cFilm Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style,\u201d Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward. This is a straight-ahead reference book, but it’s one of the most exhaustive and beautiful: the only way to hold the greatest movie genre right in your hands.<\/p>\n

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