𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤”
By: Sleeping Pills Consultant
Tags: Book Recommendations, Book Review, Review, The Movie Book

400 thick pages, the weight, the size, and the amount of information in “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤”, can make anyone feel overwhelming. Thanks to the extremely vivid design, thoughtful layouts, and the writing style from professional magazine writers, I rate this as one of the best books about cinema that I’ve ever read. by. It not only converges works that build up the historical milestones of the world cinema but also discusses with expertise words so that readers have a chance to absorb the creative language of the seventh art.

You do not have to be an audience with academic knowledge of cinema to understand “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤”. You also don’t have to shape yourself with the thinking of film critics to evaluate all the works you’ve seen. You just need to be “you”, an ordinary person with a passion for movies and want to learn the simplest and most outstanding details about a movie. That’s enough for you to read and understand the role of each movie throughout the history of the cinema industry.

I am a reader who always pays attention to the whole landscape but this time I will really focus on bringing up the most valuable lines of this book so that everyone can see “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤” from the “detailed perspectives” before deciding to spend money or time for it:

“For the early ﬁlmmakers, there were no masters to learn from. Some had a background in theater, others in photography. Either way, they were breaking new ground.”

“From a 21st-century viewpoint, however, the real shock is how far those “movies” changed in the next three decades — quickly evolving into gorgeously vivid feature movies.”

“The biggest stars were clowns, and of all the wonders of the silent age, it is the comedies that most reliably delight today.”

“If one person deﬁned the early movies, it was the phenomenally famous and endlessly ambitious Chaplin.”

“By the end of this era, sound arrived — it was 1927 when Al Jolson declared in The Jazz Singer: ‘You ain’t heard nothing yet!’ But Chaplin’s love for silent movies was such that he kept making them, and in 1931, with City Lights, he made one of the very greatest. By then, he had already helped the movies claim their rightful place, where they still are today — in the center of people’s lives.”

In my opinion, the success of a good movie is 80% depending on the script. While the stars are praised, the public constantly calls out the names of famous producers, and in recent years, the directors have gained the proper reputation, the writers are still the modest ones in terms of recognition. But “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤” shed them with the light. Even with the first movie, when people don’t care too much about who wrote 𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐑 𝐎𝐌𝐍𝐈𝐀 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐓 (𝐀 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐏 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍), the writers’ names still have their own aura on the page.

Speaking of cinema, most of the audiences must immediately think of America as the splendid Hollywood movie capital (also because the country itself contributed a lot to the historical changes of the film periods). But surely few people know that, many of the first bricks of the early period and the Golden Age are crafted by the talents of Germany, France, Austria, … I’m still quite surprised about my all-time favorite movie “Some Like It Hot” is the work of Austrian-born director Billy Wilder, simply because it is too “American”. The excitement and intensity in each frame deceived me, but looking back, the unique “deep” and “satirical” substance was embedded in the lines, making each sentence turn into classic quotes.

“Lots of classic Hollywood movies have slowly fallen into darkness. Other films are still respected by critics, but modern audiences struggle to connect with them. However, there are movies like Victor Fleming’s “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐳” not only has survived the test of time but remains entertained when it comes to reaching the following decades.”

One of the honored Asian names in this book is probably not too unfamiliar to movie lovers.

“𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐲”, an invaluable asset of director Park Chan-wook has been described as a “bloody opera” in the thriller-revenge movies treasure. The level of violence in this movie can be seen as a spectacular transformation of Eastern cinema.

Still, there are countless other works in this wonderful world of cinema waiting to be put into the prism of readers. But believe me, my review is very bad, you will find it much better if you mull over the book by yourself.