Wednesday, December 22, 2004

While Shopping

I came across David Thompson's film encyclopedia organized by individual person and his writings about their contribution to film. Stunning book. I've been looking for someone who can expand my understanding of film through writing - the critics I read for the most part, suck, except now and again the New Yorker or NY Times have decent writing...but this guy is different, both funny and really, really smart. I'd add it to my christmas list, but my family made it clear that I'm not getting anything I add at this point. He's from SF, too.

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