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I think Lizzy Caplan could someday pull off a role like Sugarpuss O'Shea, but maybe that's my eyes talking.
(Re)casting Lisbeth Salander
Having burned through the first two volumes of the late Stieg Larsson's ubiquitous The Girl Who... series in pretty much as many days [although I haven't yet seen the Swedish film adaptations], the cinetrix has determined who should play Lisbeth Salander in the unavoidable American remakes. ...
I never had the pleasure of taking a film class, so books that may not stand up to scrutiny after all these years have a lot of sentimental value for me. These authors were my first teachers. Some of the ideas here I've grown beyond; some of them I've hardened into a kind of belief system. All said and done, I find the contradictions on this list pretty interesting. Anyways....
Here's ten books that set me adrift:
"Cinema, or the Imaginary Man," by Edgar Morin
For his comparison of cinema and the airplane at the turn of the century, but also for the revelation that cinema was not cinema until it was projected on the wall.
"From the Atelier Tovar," by Guy Maddin
For exuberance and love.
"Documentary: A History of Nonfiction Film," by Erik Barnouw
For scope and an immensely readability, whatever its shortcomings.
"American Silent Film," by William K. Everson
For a vanishing perspective.
"Underground Film," by Parker Tyler
For glimpses of films I may never see, as well as better looks at films that I have seen.
"The Parade's Gone By," by Kevin Brownlow
For saving all those stories that could have been left in silence.
"The Camera I," by Joris Ivens
For a lively account of the birth of a form.
"The Silent Clowns," by Walter Kerr
For being like a book-length "Comedy's Greatest Era."
"Figures Traced in Light," by David Bordwell
For explaining how the narrative strategies of cinema are so very distinct from other forms.
"The Genius of the System," by Thomas Schatz
For putting a new spin on what I thought I knew.
PLUS:
"Negative Space," by Manny Farber
For rising above list-making to establish something of a taxonomy.
"Agee on Film"
For passion and plain (if beautiful) language.
The Cinematic Word
The estimable MovieMan0283 of the blog The Dancing Image tags me with a meme, or whatever it is they call it, and honestly, I don't mind at all, as the topic is both dear to my heart and, to be honest, an easy one for me. The request is to name the ten movie books that had the biggest impact on ...
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