In the first fully illustrated work of his illustrious career,David Thomson re-examines a series of moments - which readers will experience in beautifully reproduced imagery - from seventy-two carefully selected films across a hundred-year time span. His moments range from a set of Eadward Muybridge's pioneering photographs to sequences in films from the classic - Citizen Kane ,Sunset Boulevard and The Red Shoes - to the unexpected - The Piano Teacher ,Burn After Reading - immersing the reader via a groundbreaking marriage of imagery and the author's accompanying narrative. David Thomson's evocative,unflinching prose and profound understanding of what makes film and art form identify him as one of the great film writers of our time,making it likely that Moments that Made the Movies will be widely viewed as an important classic on the subject of international cinema.
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Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdISBN: 9780500291559Number of pages: 320Weight: 1410 gDimensions: 257 x 206 mm
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'David Thomson is the best writer on film in our time. He is our most argumentative and trustworthy historian of the screen'- Michael Ondaatje'Probably the greatest living film critic and historian...writes the most fun and enthralling prose about the movies since Pauline Kael'- Benjamin Schwarz,The Atlantic Monthly'Thomson has been one of the liveliest,most literate,productive,provocative and daring movie critics for more than forty years...(this book is) elegantly designed and handsomely produced...witty and full of insights'- Independent
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