David Bordwell's book on Ozu is a towering achievement. And it's
available for free pdf download here:
https://www.cjspubs.lsa.umich.edu/electronic/facultyseries/list/series/ozu.php
In a very different way, Bazin's book on Renoir. "The French
Renoir" (Chapter 5) is perhaps the best, most complete, and most
sophisticated statement of Bazin's aesthetic. Some of its passages are
pure poetry, too.
Not so many books on avant-garde/experimental filmmakers come to mind.
Lots of essay collections dedicated to a single filmmaker (e.g. the
recent book on Ken Jacobs), but fewer sustained, book-length efforts.
Several on Warhol, of course, but it's practically impossible to cover
his total body of film work. JJ Murphy's recent THE BLACK HOLE OF THE
CAMERA comes closest, and I highly recommend it.
Jonathan
Jonathan Walley
Associate Professor of Cinema
Denison University
On May 18, 2012, at 9:50 PM, John MacKay wrote:
On May 18, 2012, at 9:43 PM, Gene Youngblood wrote:
I’m sure you filled in the missing word, but it bugs me to leave it
uncorrected:
Friends,
What would you cite as the most detailed and comprehensive analysis
ever written about the form and content of one filmmaker’s total
body of work?
Not sure: Charlie Musser's BEFORE THE NICKELODEON (on Porter)? Tom
Gunning's FILMS OF FRITZ LANG? Interesting question….
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