Sunday, January 11, 2015

The recommended minimum reading for this blog


        

The five images above show posters for some of the films listed in the below. All five images are taken from the films' respective Wikipedia pages.[a]

The below is a suggested reading list for this blog, for those who want to gain a basic knowledge of some of its contents.

1. Read the Pulp Fiction analysis (table of contents to the analysis here).

2. Read the analysis of The Wizard of Oz.

3. Read the 2001: A Space Odyssey analysis (table of contents to the analysis here).

4. Read the James Michener analysis.

5. Read the Alien analysis.

6. Read the analysis of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

7. Read Manhunter: The film's ultimate underlying message.

8. Read the latter portion of part 7 of the Inception analysis.

9. Read the Titanic analysis.

10. Read the Taxi Driver analysis.


a. "Pulp Fiction (1994) poster", licensed under fair use via Wikipedia. The poster art copyright is believed to belong to the distributor of the film, Miramax Films, the publisher of the film or the graphic artist.
"WIZARD OF OZ ORIGINAL POSTER 1939", public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
"2001 A Space Odyssey (1968) theatrical poster variant", licensed under fair use via Wikipedia. The poster art copyright is believed to belong to the distributor of the film, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Turner Entertainment), the publisher of the film or the graphic artist. Further details: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY © 1968 Turner Entertainment Co. An epic drama of adventure and exploration (film poster).
"Alien movie poster", licensed under fair use via Wikipedia. The poster art copyright is believed to belong to the distributor of the film, 20th Century Fox, the publisher of the film or the graphic artist.
"Inception (2010) theatrical poster", licensed under fair use via Wikipedia. The poster art copyright is believed to belong to the distributor of the film, Warner Bros. Pictures, the publisher of the film or the graphic artist.

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