Status Updates From The Story of Film

I've been getting back into watching films again lately, thanks to grabbing BFI Player and Mubi subscriptions in sales, and Prime Video having more classics on offer. And to think I was a film critic for a decade...

cada día un paso mas cerca de ser completamente insoportable

This book is fantastic and really interesting. I’m finding it easy to grip with and I’m enjoying learning about not just the history of film itself but about the events in history surrounding it and how they affected each other and coexisted. I’m at a very early era right now which is fascinating.

“He would begin making films which used the straight storytelling techniques of closed romantic realism, rejecting anything too subjective, autobiographical, experimental or philosophical.”

As great as Jaws, Star Wars, and The Exorcist are, it makes my heart sink to think about how they killed my favorite era of film, that being New Hollywood (late 60s-early 70s). To quote William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist: "I had this epiphany that what we were doing wasn't making fucking films to hang in the Louvre”. 🥲 I suppose all good things must come to an end

Super interesting and educational, but it’s a depressing series of stories that go like “This film changed the face of cinema forever with its revolutionary camera techniques and nonconformist political ideals. Critics and audiences alike despised it.” It makes me wonder what films today will go on to inspire future generations of filmmakers the most 🤔

Finished chapter 3

Yasujiro Ozu no se casó, no trabajó en ninguna fábrica, no fue a la universidad y, sin embargo, durante más de treinta años dirigió películas sobre la cotidianidad de la vida de los matrimonios, de los obreros de las fábricas y de los estudiantes.

فصل سوم کتاب تموم شد. فیلم های دهه بیست رو دیدم و درباره شون توی وبلاگم نوشته ام:
http://remainstobeseen.blog.ir/1399/0...

I am currently watching films from 1914 to 1928: The era of French impressionism and German expressionism.

پایان فصل دوم و یادداشت من در رابطه با این فصل:
http://remainstobeseen.blog.ir/1397/0...

Superb!

پایان فصل اول.
http://remainstobeseen.blog.ir/1397/0...
اینجا یه کم در رابطه با این فصل نوشتم.

میخواستم با تاریخ سینما آشنا بشم. و البته نه فقط هالیوود و سینمای آمریکا. طی جستجوهام به این کتاب رسیدم و الان برای خودم این پروژه رو تعریف کردم که با این کتاب جلو برم و فیلم ببینم. خود نویسنده مستندی هم به همین اسم داره که بعدا سراغش میرم.
نمی دونم این پروژه چقدر طول میکشه. چون حجم کتاب و تعداد فیلم ها بالاست و تعداد فیلم هایی که من تا الان دیدم کمه!چند صفحه ای که از مقدمه خوندم واقعا عالی بود. به کتاب خیلی خوشبینم

Started reading the most epic book I got for Christmas. Already onto the second chapter about silent cinema.

Best history book i've tead in years

Não dá pra ler depressa, mas é leitura enriquecedora.

I don't think I've ever actually been enjoyed a nonfiction book and found it genuinely interesting and engaging at the same time before.

Wish the full book was availalable on Kindle!

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Picture Credits

Index

Bibliography

Glossary

Conclusion

The Continuing Achievements In Africa And Central And South American Revivals

Contemplation And Horror In New Asian Cinema

Dogme And European Cinema Since The 1980s

The Digital Revolution Begins In America