'This book is both more and less than history, a work of imagination in its own right, a piece of movie literature that turns fact into romance.' Gavin Lambert was reviewing the first edition of David Thomson's monumental work in 1975. In the eight years since the third edition was published, careers have waxed and waned, reputations been made and lost, great movies produced, trends set and scorned.
This fourth edition has 200 entirely new entries and every original entry has been re-examined. Thus the roster of directors, actors, producers, screenwriters and cameramen is both historical and contemporary, with old masters reappraised in terms of how their work has lasted.
Each of the 1,000 profiles is a keenly perceptive, provocative critical essay. Striking the perfect balance between personal bias and factual reliability, David Thomson - novelist, critic, biographer and unabashed film addict - has given us an enormously rich reference book, a brilliant reflection on the art and artists of the cinema.
- 'Waspish, incendiary, whimsical and erudite to a fault, the author has an acuity that makes other critics seem like charlatans...' SUNDAY TIMES
- 'Impressive... Compulsive browsing soon becomes hard to avoid.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
- 'The idea of watching movies in 10 years' time without another edition of Thomson's trenchant, funny, inspirational book as companion is a future I don't care to think about.' GUARDIAN
Hardback:
£15.00
Published 02/10/2003
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