They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? is dedicated to the art of motion picture film-making and most specifically to that one particular individual calling the shots from behind the camera - the film director. The 800-plus directors listed within these web pages range from the great geniuses of cinema (Godard, Welles, Hitchcock, etc.) to the great studio auteurs of the 40's and 50's (Hawks, Siodmak, Fuller, etc.), to the European masters (Buñuel, Renoir, Bresson), to the modern-day breed (Tarantino, The Coen Brothers, Kiarostami).
They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? should be viewed primarily as a cinematic traffic cop. In other words, we'll guide you in the direction of each director's best work (both from our own perspective and also from a critical-acclaim perspective). We'll also point you in the direction of each director's full filmographies (courtesy of links to the Internet Movie Database and the All-Movie Guide) and other valuable resources (via links to relevant pages and relevant reading materials). We firmly believe that They Shoot Pictures is, if nothing else, an excellent starting tool for aspiring movie buffs to begin (and also plan) their 'serious' film-viewing experiences.
http://www.theyshootpictures.com/VISIONARY FILM
BLOG about Avant-Garde Cinema / Experimental Cinema by Albert Alcoz
http://visionary-film.blogspot.com/ INCITE!
journal of experimental media & radical aesthetics
http://www.incite-online.net/Welcome to the Underground Film Guide
http://www.ufilmguide.com/expcinema.com is a site devoted to experimental and underground cinema.
http://www.expcinema.com/Film Picture Collection
http://www.fipico.com/drugs in film
drug movies are films that...
http://www.jahsonic.com/DrugsMovies.html bibliografie des fantastischen films
eine kommentierte Bibliografie der internationalen Sekundaerliteratur zum fantastischen Film. Sie enthaelt ueber 34.000 Literaturverweise und wird laufend ergaenzt....
http://www.bibfan.de/ Expanded Cinema (pdf)
This book is available in PDF format by individual chapters or as a whole.
http://www.vasulka.org/Kitchen/PDF_ExpandedCinema/ExpandedCinema.html Name the Film (flickr, pool)
guess what film it is
http://flickr.com/groups/62585667@N00/pool/ Filmtheorie
Die Filmtheorie ist das theoretische Verständnis des Films. Sie ist verwandt mit der Disziplin der Filmwissenschaft.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmtheorie Traumdarstellung in Film und Literatur
Eine Bibliographie (!) zu "Traum im Film und in der Literatur" // (Medienwissenschaft Kiel)
http://www.uni-kiel.de/medien/bertraum.html Bad Cinema Diary
"A movie guide for those who believe lower budgets mean better films"
http://www.cathuria.com/bcd/ Filmzensur in Deutschland
Filmzensur in Deutschland von Michael Humberg (2003)
http://www.8ung.at/filminfo/filmzensur.pdf "Filmraeume als Freiraeume"
Über den Spielraum der Filmmontage - Ein Text von Hans Beller
http://www.uni-konstanz.de/paech2002/zdb/beitrg/Beller/Beller.htm Bitter Cinema
"A friendly repository of film related links and comments"
http://www.bittercinema.com/ film and video maker homepages
Flicker film and video maker homepages - artists from across the USA and beyond
http://www.hi-beam.net/mkr/fmhome.html Badmovies
"A website to the detriment of good film"
http://www.badmovies.org/ The Unknown Movies
"I decided to specialize in one genre..."
http://www.badmovieplanet.com/unknownmovies/ CinemaTexas - Notes
See Notes by Filmtitle
http://www.cinematexasnotes.com/ Microcinema International
Ongoing showcase of the international moving image arts that has presented over 1500 short films and videos to audiences
http://www.microcinema.com/ Back Alley Noir
source online for Film Noir (Shop)
http://www.backalleynoir.com/ Other Cinema DVD
An alternative platform for the distribution of extraordinary film works
http://www.othercinemadvd.com/ Buio Omega
"Der geheimnisvolle Filmclub Buio Omega"
http://www.buio-omega.de/ ECCENTRIC CINEMA
'Eccentric Cinema is dedicated to 'cult' movies - Cult Movies, Movie Reviews, Downloads...'
http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/ "Movie in the Head"
Weitab aller Lobhudelei wollen wir uns durchaus kritisch mit verschiedenen Themen auseinandensetzen...
http://www.movie-in-the-head.de/ Cinemorgue
I've noticed one question that pops up surprisingly often: "Has so-and-so ever gotten killed in any movies?"...
http://www.cinemorgue.com/ Actionguelle auf vhs
Eldorado fuer Trash-Filmfreaks und Zellouloid-Masochisten - Ihr sucht Infos ueber drittklassige Actionfilme, die in irgendwelchen Videotheken verrotten???...
http://actionguelleaufvhs.atspace.com/ Images
A Journal of Film and Popular Culture
http://www.imagesjournal.com/ "Logan's Run" (Pictures and Stuff)
The Saul David production for MGM of "Logan's Run" is a futuristic adventure drama concerning life in a city of the 23rd century (MGM 1976-1977)
http://www.snowcrest.net/fox/loganpics/movie/index.html MONSTRULA
Deutschsprachige Monsterfilm-Ressource
http://www.monstrula.de/ Something Weird Video
exploitation/sexploitation films of the 30's through the 70's
http://www.somethingweird.com Retro Park
Forum fuer den phantastischen Film
http://retro-park.de/ Scifilm
SF/Fantasy/Horror/SFX Movies
http://www.scifilm.org/ kinoart
"you'll find a wide variety of original movie poster and lobby cards from the recent 50 years+ offered for sale"
http://www.kinoart.net/ British Horror Films
Remember British horror films? So do we.
http://www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk/ The Cinemarati Roundtable
Film Commentary Board
http://www.cinemarati.org/roundtable/ Infos ueber die DEFA
Bilder, Geschichten, Hintergruende
http://www.defa-fan.de/ DARK STAR (Screenplay)
A SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURE by John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon
http://www.benzedrine.cx/darkstar-screenplay.html Re:Voir
Re:Voir distribue les cassettes video
http://www.re-voir.com/ follow-me-now...
follow me now in the world of movies (Filmbesprechungen in deut.)
http://follow-me-now.de/ Cinema Retro
A new magazine which focuses on classic films from the late 50s through to the 70s
http://www.cinemaretro.com/ Godzilla
"Hier kannst Du einiges ueber die gigantischen, japanischen Monster finden und Kinomaterial von anderen Science-Fiction-Filmen"
http://www.godzilla-germany.com/ Bender Verlag
Fachverlag fuer Filmliteratur
http://www.bender-verlag.de/ Silent Ladies & Gents
Photo Galleries of Silent Movie Stars
http://www.silentgents.com/ missing image [VIDEOTHEK]
Our list of films missing on dvd is getting longer every day - we are bored by a handful of lousy blockbusters - something is missing....
http://missingimage.com/ Homepage fuer Freunde des Stummfilms
Diese Homepage ist dem Stummfilm gewidmet. Warum Stummfilme?...
http://www.beepworld.de/members78/stummfilm-fan/index.htm DARK STAR (Script)
A Screenplay by John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon
http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/dark-star_short.html Luxonline
Luxonline is a website devoted to British film and video artists.
http://www.luxonline.org.uk/ mordlust.de
Site fuer Film Noir, Roman Noir und Hard-boiled-Literatur
http://www.mordlust.de/ filmhistoriker.de
REVIEWS, FILMS, PEOPLE - edited by olaf brill
http://www.filmhistoriker.de/ Offscreen.com
Offscreen is a wide-ranging film journal that covers film festivals, retrospectives, film forums, and both popular and more academic events...
http://www.offscreen.com/ Movie Grooves
UK based mail order webstore that's dedicated to bringing you the grooviest, jazziest, sleaziest, easiest, funkiest and scariest cult movie soundtracks and funky and groovy music (50s+60s+70s+80s)
http://www.moviegrooves.com/ 35 Millimeter
Texte zur Filmkunst und Filmgeschichte
http://www.35millimeter.de/ Pimpadelic Wonderland
The Weird World of Seventies Cinema etc.
http://www.pimpadelicwonderland.com/ European Trash Cinema
Action, Crime, Erotic, Giallos, Horror...
http://www.eurotrashcinema.com/ Exploitation Retrospect
Journal of Junk Culture and Fringe Media
http://www.dantenet.com/ Light Sleeper
Late Night Writings On Cinema (Magazine)
http://www.lightsleepercinemag.com/ Filmblatt
Die 2002 eingerichtete Reihe FILMBLATT-SCHRIFTEN publiziert monografische Beitraege zur deutschen Filmgeschichte.
http://www.filmblatt.de/ Cinephilia
Specializing in independent, art-house, cult, classic and Australian films
http://www.cinephilia.net.au/ The Terror Trap
Horror Movies, Reviews, Profiles and Interviews
http://www.terrortrap.com/ Shobarys Spaghetti Western
"The Good, The Bad And The Ugly" - Spaghetti Western...
http://spaghettiwesterns.1g.fi/ Mr. Sleaze
Film Reviews - Horror, Trash, Slease, Thriller, Cult-Movies
http://www.mistersleaze.de/ Filmgalerie Alpha60
Leipzig (Filminfo + Filmsuche)
http://filmgalerie-alpha60.de/ B - Movie
movies of mystery and imagination
http://www.bmovies.de/ cinovid database
Cinovid: Datenbank fuer Experimentalfilm und Videokunst | Search a person or work in the database
http://cinovid.org/ Experimental Television Center
The Center has provided residencies to over 1200 artists from throughout the United States and internationally....
http://www.experimentaltvcenter.org/ Spaghetti Western Database
The Spaghetti Western is a sub-genre of the Western. It got its name from the fact that they were mostly produced or shot in Italy (in fact most of them partially in Spain, too)...
http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Main_Page LabGuy's World
The History of Video Tape Recorders before Betamax and VHS
http://www.labguysworld.com/ Killing in Style
Reflections about the Giallo & Italian Genre Cinema (Blog)
http://www.killinginstyle.blogspot.com/ Subversive Cinema Inc.
dedicated to finding non-conformist releases and making them available...
http://subversivecinema.com/ Greenbriar Picture Shows
posted by John McElwee
http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/index.html sixpackfilm
Öffentlichkeit für österreichische künstlerische Film- und Videoschaffen im In- und Ausland.
http://www.sixpackfilm.com/ deutscher-tonfilm.de
"Homepage für Freunde deutscher Tonfilme"....
http://www.deutscher-tonfilm.de/ Synapse Films
The goal of Synapse Films is to release new, digitally remastered films in the Horror and Science Fiction genres on available Home Video formats...
http://www.synapse-films.com/ B-movie (wikipedia)
The term B-movie originally referred to a motion picture, made on a low or modest budget...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-movie Zwischen Gestern und Morgen...
"Zwischen Gestern und Morgen. Film und Kino im Nachkriegsjahrzehnt" von Peter Gleber (1995; pdf; 65 Seiten)
http://www.mediaculture-online.de/fileadmin/bibliothek/gleber_nachkriegsfilm/gleber_nachkriegsfilm.pdf Programmfilmvideothek (Berlin)
Viele durchschauen nicht sofort, was das Ganze hier soll. Der Anspruch ist es, ein Cafe mit einer Videothek zu verbinden.
http://www.filmkunst-berlin.de/ Frühgeschichte deutscher Filmtheorie
"Frühgeschichte deutscher Filmtheorie Ihre Entstehung und Entwicklung bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg" von Helmut H. Diederichs (pdf; 1996; 294 Seiten)
http://fhdo.opus.hbz-nrw.de/volltexte/2002/6/pdf/fruefilm.pdf Aktive Konstruktion der Filmerzählung
"Der Zuschauer und die aktive Konstruktion der Filmerzählung - Das narrationskognitive Zuschauermodell des Neoformalismus" von Christian Heller (Theorie und Ästhetik des Films; 11 Seiten pdf; 2004)
http://www.plomlompom.de/Zuschauermodell.pdf "EWIGE SCHÖNHEIT"
"Film und Todessehnsucht im Dritten Reich" - Essay über die Ästhetik des nationalsozialistischen Films - Buch, Regie, Produktion: Marcel Schwierin (2003; pdf 12 Seiiten)
http://www.neuevisionen.de/download/presseheftewigeschoenheit.pdf Der Spiegel als Kinematograph
nach Andrej Tarkowskij (Dissertation von Dipl.theol. Dietrich Sagert; 2004)
http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/dissertationen/sagert-dietrich-2004-12-17/PDF/Sagert.pdf trailerclub70.com
"Trailers of strange films from the seventies and beyond"....
http://www.trailerclub70.com/ Cult Actors: Identified
I decided to start making screenshots of actors for future identification...
http://users.pandora.be/divx_repair/cult/ EUROWESTERN
The database for Spaghetti Western, Paella Western, Sauerkraut Western, Broiler Western and other Westerns made in Europe...
http://www.fatmandan.de/ Brian's Drive-In Theater
The Drive-In has thousands of photos and lots of information about your favorite 'B' movie actors and actresses from the 1930s through the 1980s...
http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/ A Fistful of DVDs
A Fistful of DVDs - Spaghetti and eurowestern DVD database, comparisons, screenshots
http://www.sundances.net/spaghetti/ Sergio Leone: A Fistful-of-Leone!
A tribute to the masterful Sergio Leone...
http://www.fistful-of-leone.com/ Blue Underground
The new DVD company dedicated to guilty pleasures for adventurous movie lovers.
http://www.blue-underground.com/ fistfulofwesterns.com
Spaghetti Westerns etc.
http://www.fistfulofwesterns.com/ B-Film-Kabinett
Aushangfotos, Poster und Werbematerial
http://b-film-kabinett.anagkh.net/ B-Movie Central
B-Movie Central, where the classics come to life all over again...
http://www.bmoviecentral.com/ THE EUROPEAN FILM REVIEW
Eurospy, Eurocrime, Giallo, Spaghetti Western, Miscellanea, British...
http://www.europeanfilmreview.co.uk/ THE LAST EXIT: CINEMA
An encyclopedia of extreme, twisted and bizarre movies (Compiled by Zev Toledano; 2006)
http://thelastexit.net/cinema/ Combustible Celluloid
..."my own attempt to continue to learn about movies. For two years, I wrote about new movies on a regular basis. I continue to write about them, but without a regular column and deadline"...
http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/ Long Pauses
Darren Hughes He has written for Senses of Cinema, Sojourners, and Beyond magazine, and has also contributed essays to academic studies of Philip Roth...
http://www.longpauses.com/blog/ Aestheticization of violence (wikipedia)
The aestheticization of violence in high culture art or mass media is the depiction of violence in a manner that is “stylistically excessive in a significant and sustained way”...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aestheticization_of_violence Slasher film (wikipedia)
The slasher film is a sub-genre of horror film typically involving a masked, psychopathic killer who...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slasher_film Exploitation film (wikipedia)
Exploitation films or exploitative films, also known as Grindhouse cinema or trash cinema is a genre of films that typically...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploitation_film Exploitation (de.wikipedia)
Exploitation ist das englische Wort für Ausbeutung. Im Deutschen wird der Begriff heutzutage als Begriff der Medientheorie verwendet, um...
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploitation Pasolini death inquiry reopened (BBC)
[2005] Investigators in Rome have reopened the inquiry into the murder of Italian film director Pier Paolo Pasolini in November 1975.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4529877.stm the Movie title stills collection
http://www.annyas.com/screenshots/"DREAM SPACE...
...A STUDY OF ARCHITECTURE IN FELLINI" by Benjamin Toth (2001; pdf; 56 pages)
http://thesis.haverford.edu/2/01/2001TothB.pdf