5 Books That will teach you more about film art than Ebert and them

1. The Films of John Cassavetes: Pragmatism, Modernism and the Movies – Ray Carney

- Carney is the red pill of cinema, to use a silly movie as a metaphor. He has written books on Cassavetes, Leigh, Dreyer and Capra, as well as self-distributed manuscripts such as Why Art Matters and Necessary Experiences. In each books he expands upon his primary objective: to raise awareness of a kind of cinema and art that is truly independent from the visionary status quo Hollywood and it’s adherents have celebrated for the past hundred years. Carney does not believe in formula’s for...