Books on film analysis, film theory, film psychology, etc.

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Film Sense - Sergei Eisenstein (http://www.amazon.com/Film-Sense-Sergei-Eisenstein/dp/0156309351)

This isn't the best deal. There is surely a combo deal out there offered with a package from Batra's Hair Clinic.

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I think we can try and do an analysis of the 100 best films made in the world of Tamil Cinema... yes, it'll take a long time... but I'd like to try, nevertheless... not all by myself, but if anyone else here would be interested in helping, I'd be grateful... Maybe we could start be having a poll to pick a list of the 100 best films in Tamil Cinema?

Would welcome your thoughts!!![tscii:8c2e7164ad][/tscii:8c2e7164ad]

Already opened a thread for the same. No use. But, I could help.

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Already opened a thread for the same. No use. But, I could help.
Venkiraja, thanks for showing interest.

Here's a site (http://manismagic.iespana.es/movies.htm) (which many of you may already have seen) on Mani Rathnam's films. However, it seems like an unfinished project (http://manismagic.iespana.es/movies.htm)...

I'd like to do something similar...

Like I said, this will take a long time. Especially for myself - although I am interested in film analysis, right now I'm busy with other things. I haven't even fully read through those books above...

But let me just list some films that I'd like to examine in detail:

"Anjathey"
"Uthiri pookal"
"Mugavari"
"Mouna raagam"
"Vedham pudhidhu"
"Iruvar"
"Siraichaalai"
"Subramaniapuram"
"Moonraam pirai"
"Aaril irundhu aruvadhu varai"

Perhaps more to come later... and I welcome ideas from other people too...

It's been a long time since I've watched any of the above-mentioned films... and in the case of "Subramaniapuram", I haven't even watched the whole film (but I liked the parts of the film that I saw).

Like I said, it will take a long time - and almost certainly, more than one viewing of the film will be required.

But let's see...

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My Scriptwriter guru (direct-a illa, Dronar mathiri) wrote these two great books. Part autobiography, part expose of Hollywood system (of 70s in the first one, and 80s/90s in the second) and part tips, lessons and exercise in scrptwriting. Ippadi part-part-aah irukiruthaaley, they are interesting reads. Plus he is funny. The books:

Adventures in The Screen Tade
Which Lie Did I Tell: Further Adventures in The Screen Trade.

Recently I bought this, "Bambi vs Godzilla:On the Nature, Purpose and Practice of the Movie Business" by David Mamet. Manusan kozhapittaaru!