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Film Research Guide

Books

PN1994 - film theory

PN1995 - specific themes, topics or genres

PN1996 - screenwriting

PN1997 – screenplays

PN1998 - biographies of and works about directors, producers, etc.

TR - photography (including technical aspects of filmmaking)

Z5784 - bibliographies on film studies

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American Film Institute Desk Reference by George Ochoa; Melinda Corey; Clint Eastwood (Introduction by); Jean Picker Firstenberg (Preface by)
Call Number: PN1994 .A599 2002
ISBN: 0789489341
Publication Date: 2002-11-15
American Film Criticism, from the Beginnings to Citizen Kane; Reviews of Significant Films at the Time They First Appeared by Stanley Kauffmann
Call Number: PN1995 .K293
ISBN: 0871405571
Publication Date: 1972-01-01
A Short Guide to Writing about Film by Timothy Corrigan
Call Number: PN1995 .C66 2010
ISBN: 9780205668946
Publication Date: 2009-01-26

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American Cinema, 1890-1909 by Andre Gaudreault (Editor)
ISBN: 9780813544427
Publication Date: 2009-01-13
The Language and Style of Film Criticism by Andrew Klevan (Editor); Alex Clayton (Editor)
ISBN: 9780415560955
Publication Date: 2011-05-26
A Pocket Guide to Analyzing Films by Robert Spadoni
ISBN: 9780520958760
Publication Date: 2014-08-30

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