How far will this book take me on analysing films outside of

>>9527396
48 inches

not very far, it's mainly vague blathering. it's nice though

just read deleuze (and zizec)

>>9527399
>vague blathering

That's not it at all. He's very clear on his ideas on film and art in general.

not very far, because Tarkovsky's theories are autistically rigid and are only applicable to his own filmography. Read Bresson's Notes on the Cinematographer instead

he's also nothing to aspire to cinematically. A middle of the road arthouse director whose only work of genuine significance is Andrei Rublev

>>9528023

I disagree entirely but whatever. Who do you consider to be good directors?

>>9528027
out of the canon? Ozu, Murnau, Ford, Welles, von Sternberg, Dreyer, Bergman, Hawks, Kurosawa, Satyajit Ray, Kiarostami, Bresson, Hitchcock, and Preston Sturges are all great and either meet or exceed expectations. Some current directors I enjoy are Farhadi, WKW, Weerasethakul, Jia Zhangke, digital Kiarostami, Bong Joon-ho and Scorsese.

>>9528094

I honestly find it bizarre you would like these directors, especially Bergman and Kurosawa, but not Tarkovsky. Is your problem with him ideological?

>>9528094
> Bergman
hes shit and its not up for debate
> Bresson
people force themselves to like his work, its cringey and thematically dumb. Good post-production though. His best are A Man Escaped, Mouchette and L'argent. Au hasard balthasar is the most overrated film of all time.

Kiarostami's last film was his worst. Copie Conforme wasn't bad. Weerasethakul is bad. Same with the Korean.

You're right about Rublev being Tark's best, but Mirror and Stalker are way better than most of the work from directors you've cited. Bresson's Notes is pseud bullshit. He was nothing but a pseud IRL, spouting a ton of retarded, top shelf pretentious opinions.

I honestly wish Welles had beaten the shit out of him. Bresson needed to get his face punched in.

Read Bernanos' novels instead.

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>>9528143
>>9528094
>>9527399
None of you gonna make it