"Becoming Film Literate: The Art And Craft Of Motion Pictures" by Vincent A. LoBrutto (Repost)

Providing a unique opportunity to become acquainted with important movies and the elements of their greatness, this book offers a crash course in cinema, one designed to give even the novice reader a solid introduction to this complex and multifaceted medium

Though movies have remained our foremost cultural pastime for over 100 years, many of us still know very little about the tools used to create them. In this groundbreaking new book, Vincent LoBrutto provides an enjoyable and accessible education in the art of cinema: using 50 landmark films spanning the history of the medium, LoBrutto illustrates such important concepts as editing, production design, cinematography, sound, screen acting, narrative structure, and various genres, nationalities, and film eras. Each concept is illustrated by the selection of a film that epitomizes its use, so that readers will learn about film authorship in Citizen Kane, multiplot narrative in Nashville, widescreen filmmaking in Rebel without a Cause, and screen violence in The Wild Bunch.

Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Nonlinear Storytelling: Amores Perros
2. Transformation of the American Comedy: Annie Hall
3. Tableau Narrative Structure and Sound Design: Apocalypse Now
4. The Body as Cinematic Landscape: L'Awentura
5. Editing—Russian Montage: The Battleship Potemkin
6. Italian Neorealism: The Bicycle Thief
7. Production Design: Blade Runner
8. Dream State: Blue Velvet
9. The Period Film as Mirror for the Present: Bonnie and Clyde
10. Expressionism in Cinema: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
11. Classical Hollywood Film Style: Casablanca
12. Surrealism in Cinema: Un Chien Andalou
13. The Authorial Voice: Citizen Kane
14. Shot Structure: The Crowd
15. Thematic Unity: The Decalogue
16. Mythopoetic Film: Dog Star Man
17. Political Objectives through Cinematic Storytelling: Do the Right Thing
18. Film Noir: Double Indemnity
19. The Personal Film: 8'A
20. Animation and Music: Fantasia
21. An American Musical: 42nd Street
22. New York Filmmaking: The French Connection
23. Period Comedy: The General
24. Parallel Storytelling: Intolerance
25. French New Wave: Jules and Jim
26. The Epic: Lawrence of Arabia
27. The Political Thriller: The Manchurian Candidate
28. Self-Referential Cinema: Man with a Movie Camera
29. Architecture in Production Design: Metropolis
30. Roots of Documentary Film: Nanook of the North
31. Multiplot, Multicharacter Narrative: Nashville
32. Method Acting: On the Waterfront
33. The Close-Up: The Passion of Joan of Arc
34. Dark Side of American Cinema: Psycho
35. Subtext in Personal Expression: Raging Bull
36. Multiple Point-of-View Narrative: Rashomon
37. Widescreen Filmmaking: Rebel Without a Cause
38. Camera Movement as Metaphor: La Ronde
39. Mise-en-Scene: Rules of the Game
40. Direct Cinema: Salesman
41. The Freudian Western: The Searchers
42. Defining Theme. Metaphor, and Character through Color, Texture, and Environmental Design: Se7en
43. Symbolism in the Cinema: The Seventh Seal
44. Art of the B Movie: Shock Corridor
45. Digital Filmmaking: Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones
46. Birth of a Nonfiction Film Style: The Thin Blue Line
47. Experimental Narrative: 2001: A Space Odyssey
48. The Essay Film: Weekend
49. Screen Violence as Metaphor: The Wild Bunch
50. Independent Filmmaking: A Woman Under the Influence
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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