Appendix B
Resources
Help for making your films is all around you. Here are some films, books, websites, and software that can help you to either gain more insight into independent films and how to make them, or give you practical information to make your job easier.
Films
The following films are about the business and process of making movies. Some are funny, some are tragic, but all are an interesting “inside” look at the world of film:
8½ (1963, Federico Fellini): narrative
American Movie: The Making of Northwestern (1999, Chris Smith): documentary
Baadasssss! (2003, Mario Van Peebles): narrative
Big Picture, The (1989, Christopher Guest): narrative
Bollywood Bound (2001, Nisha Pahuja): documentary
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse ...
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