The Film Books Thread - Page 66

Inspector Abberline · #**651** 11th July 2015, 03:41 PM

Heroes of Horrors and issue 15 of Monster.
Heroes of the horrors is a book from 1975 that i had as a xmas present when I was about 12 yrs old.It has the biographies of Lon Chaney Sr., Bela Legosi, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr., Boris Karloff, and Vincent Price and it basically fell apart from being read so much.Luckily there are still a few 2nd hand copies floating about,so i picked one up from Amazon.

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Demdike@Cult Labs · #**652** 11th July 2015, 07:25 PM

Has anyone picked this up? Any good?

British Trash Cinema: Amazon.co.uk: I.Q. Hunter: 9781844574155: Books

Inspector Abberline · #**653** 18th July 2015, 09:03 AM

Just got The Making of King Kong: The Story Behind a Film Classic first published in 1976,got a 2nd hand copy quite cheap,the covers abit dog eared but that all adds to its 2nd hand charm.

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Make Them Die Slowly · #**654** 19th July 2015, 09:11 PM

Porn director Shaun Costello has just published his first book...and it is about his friendship with Harry Reems. It is Kindle only I'm afraid and a little steep in price at £6.50 for 101 pages but what the f*ck it is only money!

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**655** 19th July 2015, 10:36 PM

Coming soon in lovely hardback from Titan Books.

Justin101 · #**656** 20th July 2015, 09:31 AM

I grabbed this book, more as introduction to Bergman because although I'm a massive film fan, and I love both classics and European cinema I have never seen a Bergman film, not even The Seventh Seal!

There is around 10 films streaming on Amazon Prime Instant so if anyone has a recommendation for where to start I'd appreciate the help!

Nosferatu@Cult Labs · #**657** 20th July 2015, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Justin101

I grabbed this book, more as introduction to Bergman because although I'm a massive film fan, and I love both classics and European cinema I have never seen a Bergman film, not even The Seventh Seal!

There is around 10 films streaming on Amazon Prime Instant so if anyone has a recommendation for where to start I'd appreciate the help!

Wild Strawberries is probably one of the most accessible (and best), and The Virgin Spring (as a rape-revenge film) is also fairly straightforward. Persona is one which took me several viewings to uncover all the layers. Pretty much all Bergman's films demand your full attention and improve on repeated viewings of that film and others written and directed by him.

Justin101 · #**658** 20th July 2015, 09:53 AM

Thanks Nos, all 3 of those are streaming so I'll try Wild Strawberries, and of course I know that The Virgin Spring is the inspiration for many an exploitation flick and is a name I've heard many times!

Frankenhooker · #**659** 20th July 2015, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Justin101

I grabbed this book, more as introduction to Bergman because although I'm a massive film fan, and I love both classics and European cinema I have never seen a Bergman film, not even The Seventh Seal!

There is around 10 films streaming on Amazon Prime Instant so if anyone has a recommendation for where to start I'd appreciate the help!

Cries And Whispers is my favourite, depressing as hell though.

The first Bergman film I watched was Persona. I found it difficult to breakdown, but I was very impressed all the same. It's something of a precursor to Mulholland Drive I suppose, at least thematically.

Hour Of The Wolf is probably the closest he's come to a horror film, really trippy film that one.

Justin101 · #**660** 20th July 2015, 10:06 AM

Persona is the one on the cover of the book isn't it?