A History of Narrative Film

6 best books like A History of Narrative Film (David A. Cook): Aesop's Fables, The First Forty-Nine Stories, Henry: Virtuous Prince, The Times Complete History of the World, The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Expanded and Updated, Cinematic Storytelling

Aesop's Fables

Author	Aesop
ISBN	0192840509

Aesop's Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop (620-560 BC), a slave and story-teller who lived in Ancient Greece. Aesop's Fables have become a blanket term for collections of brief fables, usually involving anthropomorphic animals. Many stories included in Aesop's...

The First Forty-Nine Stories

Author	Ernest Hemingway
ISBN	0099339218

From Ernest Hemingway's Preface: 'There are many kinds of stories in this book. I hope you will find some that you like- In going where you have to go, and doing what you have to do, and seeing what you have to see, you dull and blunt the instrument you write with. But I would rather have it bent and dulled and...

Henry: Virtuous Prince

Author	David Starkey
ISBN	0007247710

The highly-anticipated biography of Henry VIII's early life. Published to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Henry's accession to the throne, 'Henry: Virtuous Prince' is a radical re-evaluation of the monarchy's most enduring icon. Henry VIII was Britain's most powerful monarch, yet he was...

The Times Complete History of the World

Author	Richard Overy
ISBN	0007181299

The Times Complete History of the World has sold over 2,000,000 copies since its first publication in 1978. It is the most exciting, authoritative and accessible work on world history available today. Its exciting visual narrative of the history of the world from the origins of mankind to the 21st...

The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Expanded and Updated

Author	David Thomson
ISBN	0375709401

For almost thirty years, David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary of Film has been not merely “the finest reference book ever written about movies” (Graham Fuller, Interview), not merely the “desert island book” of art critic David Sylvester, not merely “a great, crazy masterpiece”...

Cinematic Storytelling

Author

Jennifer Van Sijll

The book title sums up this book perfectly. As much as I thought it was a "good book", the examples given were not ones I enjoyed reading and seeing pictures of. Now I know (in detail) how parts of Pulp Fiction and Psycho were carefully crafted to help the audience feel intensity and terror. The book was written...