Daniel Meier Posted May 23, 2018 Posted May 23, 2018 I want to dive more into narrative books again. I've always been a very audiovisual person, when it comes to perceiving and consuming storys. So I'd like to come back to the written storys, after heaving read so many non-fictional books about lighting, photography and cinematography. Can you give me some recommendations? I know it's rather subjective. But I thought, I'd meet some like-minded people, since we are all filmmakers and visual storytellers. Maybe I can give you a little help with my favourite films and directors, that I enjoy watching: - Kitano, Fincher, Tarantino, Danny Bolye, the Coen brothers, W. Allen, Gus van Sant, Luc Besson, Spike Jonze, - nearly all of the Studio Ghibli movies and some classic anime feature films like Ghost in the Shell, - Se7en, Lost in Translation and Good Will Hunting are some of my favourite films I can watch over and over again.
David Mawson Posted May 26, 2018 Posted May 26, 2018 Bruce Sterling especially Schismatrix, Holy Fire and short story collections. James Ellroy, especially the original LA books. Chester Himes. Walter Mosley. Bulgakov's Master & Margarita. Nabakov. Babel's Red Cavalry. Seth Morgan's Homeboy. The Godfather.
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted May 27, 2018 Premium Member Posted May 27, 2018 Neuromancer. The relevance of it to film will be very clear.
Phil Connolly Posted June 1, 2018 Posted June 1, 2018 Get started on Stephen King - that should keep you busy for a few years. Maybe start with Misery, or The Long Walk and move up to the Stand or IT, if you get on with him. Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere, The Graveyard book, American Gods Kate Atkinson - Behind the Scenes at the Museum, A God in Ruins Michael Crichton - Jurassic Park - much better then the film David Mitchell - Cloudwritten, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Stuart Brereton Posted June 1, 2018 Posted June 1, 2018 Neuromancer. The relevance of it to film will be very clear. Most modern Sci-fi movies owe a huge debt to this book, although strangely, not Blade Runner, which is the film it most resembles.
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted June 1, 2018 Premium Member Posted June 1, 2018 Michael Crichton - Jurassic Park - much better then the film wht_rbt.obj
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted June 2, 2018 Premium Member Posted June 2, 2018 Whatever it did, it did it ALLLL... I'm gonna recommend Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (it's not really a narrative) but i recommend anyway. or you could buy my book-- just look it up on Amazon-- though also not narrative.
Phil Connolly Posted June 3, 2018 Posted June 3, 2018 wht_rbt.obj Had to google that one - but not read it since '91, time for a re-read. Although I have been putting off attempting "Infinite Jest" for about 6 months. Maybe should try that first.
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