JeffA.K.A.Swan Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Triangle of Sadness: The Script
Waylon ThackerJeffA.K.A.SwanFloored by his essay for the Criterion release for Triangle of Sadness, I bought this book. What a gem in an era where most film critics bore me https://t.co/2ZdZujfF8n
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
David HumeJeffA.K.A.SwanFinished reading David Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion today. https://t.co/5fL3CjsGJX
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Stewart: Wounded Season (Ma 11:2)
James StewartJeffA.K.A.SwanJames Stewart in Anthony Mann’s The Far Country fascinates me as a combination of Stewart in (1) Rear Window and the Sean Penn character in Malick’s (2) Thin Red Line. 1. Unsatisfied with those who show feelings towards him 2. Questions utilitarianism
Paperback, 1999
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Death 24x a Second: Stillness and the Moving Image
Laura MulveyJeffA.K.A.SwanMutuals: What three books on film influenced your thinking of movies the most? The three I would name are: 1. Watching Them Be - James Harvey 2. Death 24x a Second - Laura Mulvey 3. The Scorsese Connection - Lesley Stern
Paperback, 2006
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Under the Sign of Saturn: Essays
Susan SontagJeffA.K.A.SwanBought an Anthology of American Film Criticism featuring essays from writers including: Vachel Lindsay James Agee Ralph Ellison Robert Warshow Manny Farber Jonas Mekas Susan Sontag Molly Haskel Paul Schrader James Baldwin Armond White James Harvey Kent Jones John Ashbery
Paperback, 2002
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Nature
Ralph Waldo EmersonJeffA.K.A.SwanMutuals: If you had the opportunity to have film students read one book that is NOT focused on film, what would it be? For me, I would choose Nature from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Paperback, 2015
$6.65$3.33 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
Cormac McCarthyJeffA.K.A.SwanUpdated list of three favorite books: The Bible Harmonium (Wallace Stevens) Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Paperback, 1992
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
David HumeJeffA.K.A.SwanFinished reading David Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion today. https://t.co/5fL3CjsGJX
Paperback, 2024
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Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage
Stanley CavellJeffA.K.A.SwanI’d like to think if Terrence Malick visited the Criterion Closet, he would take the movies mentioned by Stanley Cavell in Pursuits of Happiness like The Lady Eve and It Happened One Night
Paperback, 1984
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First Reformed
Paul SchraderJeffA.K.A.SwanAs much as I admire Paul Schrader's films, I'm starting to think his only bona fide masterpiece is First Reformed https://t.co/8YaT88C5Nc
Paperback, 2023
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book