12 Best Cinema Books
Goal: Find the best Cinema books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best cinema books" and study the top 4+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
12 Best Cinema Books
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Rebel without a Crew
Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
by Robert Rodriguez
Also recommended by:
In the Blink of an Eye
A Perspective on Film Editing
by Walter Murch
On Directing Film
by David Mamet
Pictures at a Revolution
Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
by Mark Harris
Also recommended by:
Cinematography
Theory and Practice
by Blain Brown
From Caligari to Hitler
A Psychological History of the German Film
by Siegfried Kracauer
Hitchcock
by Francois Truffaut
MasterShots Vol 1
100 Advanced Camera Techniques to Get an Expensive Look on Your Low-Budget Movie
by Christopher Kenworthy
What Is Cinema?
Volume I
by André Bazin
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