'HAVE YOU SEEN...?'

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David Thomson is among many other things author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film now in its fourth edition. His recent books include a biography of Nicole Kidman Fan Tan (a novel written in collaboration with Marlon Brando) and The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood. Born in London he now lives in San Francisco.Delightful ... the worlds leading sage about film ... Its like having the most filmliterate pal you can imagine sitting beside you in a multiplexThis book sets the bar. There isnt a more intelligent insightful and provocative guide to individual movies in the worldA dazzlingly authoritative treat ... crammed with insight and epigramEccentric brilliant scholarly perverse witty egocentric and infuriating sometimes all at onceA treasure trove for film buffs ... there is probably no finer contemporary writer on what makes the movies so unmissableDavid Thomsons Have You Seen? A Personal Introduction to 1000 Films is a quirky idiosyncratic and hugely entertaining look at a century of cinema. This is veteran film writer David Thomsons personal irreverent hilarious and utterly original take on the 1000 films he has most loved and hated from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein to Zabriskie Point from esteemed classics to forgotten curiosities guilty pleasures to noir treats horror gems to kitsch disasters. The result is probably the most enjoyable film book you will ever read (and youll never think about The Sound of Music in the same way again). Delightful ... its like having the most filmliterate pal you can imagine sitting beside you in a multiplex
 : :Independent A joy ... hes incapable of writing a boring sentence
 : :Evening Standard Books of the Year This book sets the bar. There isnt a more intelligent insightful and provocative guide to individual movies in the world
 : :Financial Times Every readers simple instinct will be to plunge into the heart of it
 : :Sunday Times A dazzlingly authoritative treat ... crammed with insight and epigram
 : :Observer Eccentric brilliant scholarly perverse witty egocentric and infuriating sometimes all at once
 : :Philip French He enrages exasperates but never leaves one indifferent
 : :The Times Books of the Year David Thomson is among many other things author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film now in its fourth edition. His recent books include a biography of Nicole Kidman Fan Tan (a novel written in collaboration with Marlon Brando) and The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood.GB

Data Publikacji: 2010-03-04
Wymiary: 198 mm 129 mm 42 mm 692 gr