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The Internet Movie Database
The Internet Movie Database is an indispensable resource for information on films, directors, producers, actors, reviews and more.Cinema resources, Film resources on the web
A large, well-ordered collection of quality links to sites about nearly every aspect of film inside Hollywood and around the world.Introduction to Film Production
Here's a great introduction to the duties of the various people involved in creating a film. The glossary of editing techniques is especially helpful for discussing the structure of a film.Great Directors Web Ring
This web ring consists mostly of fan sites and covers only handful of directors. Nevertheless, it can be a good place to begin browsing if you are looking for ideas.MPAA
The Motion Picture Association of America represents the legal interests of corporate studios, oversees the rating of movies, and famously opposed the VCR as the death of cinema.DGA
The Directors Guild of America represents the political and legal interests of filmmakers.DV Magazine
Digital Film magazine is aimed at both professionals and beginners looking to stake their ground in the new frontier of digital filmmaking.Flicktips
New Venue's Flicktips provide useful, well-written "how-to" advice for digital beginners.The Independent Film Channel
The Independent Film Channel not only shows Indie films, it provides completion funds for many projects and promotes the Indie culture in general.
The Sundance Channel
The film festival that helped popularize independent cinema now has its own channel.
Don't forget that you'll need some print resources!
Here is a small sample of some of the many film books available
at the Lakewood Public Library.
Film: An International History of the Medium
by Robert Sklar
791.4309 SklarLaughing Hysterically: American Screen Comedy of the 1950s
by Ed Sikov
791.43617 SikovFilm Crazy: Interviews with Hollywood Legends
by Patrick McGilligan
791.43092279494 McGilliganFilm Crazy: Interviews with Hollywood Legends
by Patrick McGilligan.
791.43092279494 MCGILLIGANFilm Culture Reader
edited by P. Adams Sitney
791.433 SitneyFilm Directors: A Guide to Their American Films by James Robert Parish
REF 791.430233 P233fFilm Flam: Essays on Hollywood by Larry McMurtry
791.430973 McMurtryFilm Facts by Cobbett S. Steinberg
REF 791.43 St819fThe Thames and Hudson Manual of Film Editing
by Roger Crittenden
778.5349 CrittendenThe Film Editing Room Handbook
by Norman Hollyn
778.535 474Out of the Past: Adventures in Film Noir
by Barry Gifford
791.43655 GiffordThe Worst Movies of All Time Or, What Were They Thinking?
by Michael Sauter
791.43750207 SauterAmerican Cinema: One-Hundred-Years of Filmmaking
by Jeanine Basinger
791.430973 BasingerHollywood: Sixty Great Years 1930-1990
by Jack Lodge
791.43 HollywoodBefore Mickey: The Animated Film, 1898-1928
by Donald Crafton
778.5347 CraftonThe Oxford Companion to Film
edited by Liz-Anne Bawden
REF 791.4303 B354The Great Adventure Films by Tony Thomas
791.4309091 878The Great Science Fiction Pictures
by James Robert Parish
REF 791.430909356 P233gThe Great Spy Pictures
by James Robert Parish
REF 791.430909352 P233gThe Great Gangster Pictures
by James Robert Parish
REF 791.430909 P233gThe Great Western Pictures
by James Robert Parish
REF 791.430909 P233g3Reference Guide to Fantastic Films compiled
by Walt Lee
REF 791.43090916 L482rThe Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoon Series
by Jeff Lenburg
REF 791.4375 L563eA History of the Cinema: From Its Origins to 1970
by Eric Rhode
791.4309 7792The History of World Cinema
by David Robinson
791.4309 7854
Periodicals: For holdings ask a librarian
Magill's Survey of Cinema - edited by Frank N. Magill - REF 791.43 M194m
International Motion Picture Almanac - REF 791.43
Screen World - REF 791.43 SC433S
Variety International Film Guide - REF 791.43 V312i
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