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Genre/Form: | Motion pictures Films |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Philip Gillett |
ISBN: | 9781845206529 1845206525 9781845206536 1845206533 |
OCLC Number: | 221168020 |
Description: | ix, 228 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents: | So who says it's great? -- The celluloid canon -- The battleship Potemkin (USSR, 1925): the politics of the cinema -- The 39 steps (GB, 1935): romance on the run -- Modern times (US, 1936): a tramp for all seasons -- Citizen Kane (US, 1941): the tragedy of ambition -- It's a wonderful life (US, 1946): seeking the American hero -- Black narcissus (GB, 1947): nuns in exotic places -- The night of the hunter (US, 1955): return of the big bad wolf -- Lawrence of Arabia (GB, 1962): an Englishman in the sun -- 8 1/2 (Italy/France, 1963): the director as superstar -- 2001: a space odyssey (GB/US, 1968): the long voyage to destiny -- The godfather (US, 1972): keeping it in the family -- Raging bull (US, 1980): the drama of the fight -- The piano (Australia/NZ/France, 1993): love in a rough place -- Kill Bill: volume 1 (US, 2003): violence as art -- The tarnish of the tinsel: great films reconsidered. |
Responsibility: | Philip Gillett. |
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Abstract:
Questions how cinema is ranked and, in doing so, uncovers a history of critical conflict, with different aesthetic positions battling for dominance. This book contains chapters which provide a summary of the film's plot and discuss the historical context, the individuals who made the film, and initial and subsequent popular and critical responses.
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