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- Who The Devil Made It: Conversations with Legendary Film Directors by Peter Bogdanovich | Ballantine | 1998
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| Release date | February 1998 |
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I think that is very admirable of you.
If you truly want to start to understand movies on a deeper level, you need to start by understanding the history of film. And there is no better way to understand the history of film than watching a lot of movies, and then researching them and reading about them.
One good way to start is to watch all of the movies on the [AFI 100] (http://www.afi.com/100Years/movies.aspx). That will give you a very broad picture of the history of American movies. Just set aside one day a week and watch one movie on the list every week.
But its not enough just to watch them. Try to find out WHY each movie is revered as it is. After watching it, then read as much as you can about it. Read Roger Ebert's review, read it's entry on Filmsite.org, and start trying to contextualize each movie in its place in cinema history.
That will take you two years, but you'll be far more knowledgeable than you are now.
After that, I suggest watching the BFI Sight and Sound Top 50. That will give you a more broad understanding of foreign film as well.
I also suggest reading these books:
Who the Devil Made It
Hitchcock
What Is Cinema?
The American Cinema