The first really important book I read about filmmaking was The Film T…

Stanley Kubrick
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The first really important book I read about filmmaking was The Film Technique by Pudovkin. This was some time before I had ever touched a movie camera and it opened my eyes to cutting and montage. ✨ Interview with Charles Reynolds, Popular Photography, 1960.
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The first really important book I read about filmmaking was The Film Technique by Pudovkin. This was some time before I had ever touched a movie camera and it opened my eyes to cutting and montage. ✨ Interview with Charles Reynolds, Popular Photography, 1960.

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