love a lot of it, but mostly via film; there is an interesting thread winding through film making with 'magnificent 7' / 'Seven Samurai' roots that is a great place to start (start with 'Seven Samurai' and go anywhere from there -- even all the way to "A bugs life" -- NO JOKE.)
http://akirakurosawa.info/remakes-and-films-influenced-by-kurosawa/One of the 2 or 3 plots that are the basis of all storytelling, "A stranger comes into town", makes up a lot of western story telling.
http://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/05/06/two-plots/
