It's not obscure, but Kristin Thompson's Storytellng in the New Hollywood: Understanding Classic Narrative Technique is fundamental to understanding -- well, class narrative technique. It doesn't get the attention that other works from the Thompson-Bordwell operation do, but it is excellent.
William Lingle
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From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List on behalf of James Monaco
Sent: Sun 5/18/2008 1:41 PM
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Subject: [SCREEN-L] Books about film
For a new edition of How to Read a Film we're preparing a list of 100
(or so) books everyone learning about the medium should read. Besides
the obvious classics I'm looking for more obscure titles -- and not
necessarily directly about film (or tv). (For example, I learned a
lot about the language of film from Alexander Kira's sixties study,
The Bathroom.)
If you have any suggestions for this list (even if it is your own
work) I'd appreciate hearing them.
Thanks (and apologies for cross-posting).
JM
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