a book by its cover

Posted on April 2, 2014 | 4 Comments

A History of Narrative Film

A History of Narrative Film. David A. Cook. 1979.

An important artifact: This is the book that I found in my parents’ attic as a kid that led me to get interested in old movies.

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4 responses to “a book by its cover”

  1. serviceton | April 4, 2014 at 7:45 am | Reply

    High regard.
    Here is a personal touchstone of mine -a slightly different kind of cinema I guess.
    It was from the dusty old forgotten parental bookshelf, I’m sure my Dad never read it
    http://www.amazon.com/Documentary-explorations-15-interviews-film-makers/dp/B0006CBNNK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396611276&sr=8-1&keywords=Documentary+explorations%3B+15+interviews+with+film-makers
    It’s ace..

  2. chainedandperfumed | April 4, 2014 at 7:15 pm | Reply

    That’s a pretty great lineup of interviewees that that book boasts. I think that mine ended up in the attic because it was the text book from some film history class one of my 10 years + older siblings must have taken. The only section w highlights/hand-written notes is the part on silent comedy.

  3. serviceton | April 5, 2014 at 6:55 pm | Reply

    Being a used textbook almost a guarantee of consignment to the attic / basement / dustheap. People forget that *not al*l textbooks are turgid exercises in pain and boredom.
    In commenting, I did not mean to plaster a huge JPEG and ad link. I thought I was pasting a line of text with a URL. Sorry bout that..

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