The Bible of the dedicated cinephile when it was first published in 1968, and still an invaluable route map of what needs to be seen. Although I disagree with much of it, Wood always demands to be taken seriously. Its opening sentence – “Why should we take Hitchcock seriously?” – strikes just the right note of courteous provocation in its determination to reorient our view of popular cinema. Back in 1969 when it was first published, it was, like Martin Peters, ten years ahead of its time. The founding work of so-called Screen theory – which is where I came in, although it has now left me behind, or me it – is still a pretty enjoyable read today. The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era Signs and Meaning in the Cinema Peter Wollen On the History of Film Style David Bordwell The Shadow of an Airplane Climbs the Empire State Building Parker TylerĬinema: A Critical Dictionary Edited By Richard Roud Negative Space: Manny Farber on the Movies Manny Farber Hoberman, Temple University Press, 1991Ĭahiers du cinéma: The 1950s Edited By Jim Hillier The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929-1968 Carringer, University of California Press, 1985 However, votes for a particular title are collected together no matter what the edition (with the exception of Geoff Dyer’s voting for all five editions of David Thomson’s A Biographical Dictionary of Film). Note: Publication dates are for first edition only, except where specified. Kelly, Mark Le Fanu, Toby Litt, Brian McFarlane, Luke McKernan, Geoffrey Macnab, Adrian Martin, Peter Matthews, So Mayer, Henry K Miller, Kim Newman, Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, Michael O’Pray, John Orr, Nick Roddick, Jonathan Romney, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Sukhdev Sandhu, Jasper Sharp, Iain Sinclair, David Thompson, David Thomson, Kenneth Turan, Catherine Wheatley, Armond White Geoff Andrew, Michael Atkinson, Peter Biskind, Edward Buscombe, Michael Chanan, Tom Charity, Ian Christie, Michel Ciment, Kieron Corless, Mark Cousins, Paul Cronin, Chris Darke, Maria Delgado, Richard Dyer, Olaf Möller, Christoph Huber, Lizzie Francke, Philip French, Chris Fujiwara, Graham Fuller, Charlotte Garson, Tom Gunning, Philip Horne, Kevin Jackson, Nick James, Kent Jones, Richard T. Sight & Sound reviews the latest film books every month. Which are the most inspirational five books about film ever written? This was the question we asked 51 leading critics and writers, and their answers are printed here in full.
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