Andrew Sarris is one of the most influential film critics in American history, the man behind the concept of "auteur theory," in which cinema was organized as a history of individuals and their signature styles. Writing for the Village Voice throughout the 1960s, Sarris verbally sparred with New York's other leading critic, the biting and ...
This book concentrates on the first two decades of the talking film in America, a period often referred to as Hollywood's Golden Age. Sarris devotes approximately half of the book to directors, due his contention that the director is the true author of a film. The remaining sections focus on the studios, major genres, and actors and actresses of ...
For everyone who appreciates great filmmaking, this masterful guide provides hard-to-find biographical and critical information on 200 of today's most significant directors from around the world. Distinguished film critic Andrew Sarris focuses primarily on contemporary directors but also includes past filmmakers whose influence is still present. ...
For anyone who wants information and attitude in one savvy volume, this witty cinematic companion is organized by more than 150 themes that make selecting--or just reading about--a film an event in itself. All the offbeat, eclectic information other movie guides wouldn't even think of telling you is here in the sharpest, most provocative guide yet.
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Fjelde, Rolf; Ibsen, Henrik; Esslin, Martin; Sarris, Andrew; Sprinchorn, Evert; Lahr, John; Et Al. (Schechner, Richard; Editor).
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York: New York University School of the Arts, 1968.
Description: -Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial brown & white wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped, soiled & foxed. 175 pages plus ads. Black-and-white illustrations. The first 18 pages [ads & table of contents] are detached. Good only. Among the contents of this issue are "Peer Gynt and the Dissolving Self" by Rolf Fjelde; "Prof. Welhaven on Mythological Poems", an 1851 article by Ibsen; "Naturalism in Context" by Martin Esslin; "Strindberg and the Greater Naturalism" by Evert Sprinchorn; "Film: The ... read more
Description: Very Good. First edition thus (so stated). Thick 16mo. Original stiff pictorial paper wrappers. Very good. 557 pages + 3 pages of publisher's advertisements at end. 35 page article on Cukor featuring a reprint of an interview done by Richard Overstreet which originally appeared in the magazine Film Culture. From the library of noted "Gone With The Wind" Hollywood director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre bookplate on the verso of the front wrapper. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: 1972
Description: Fair. Paperback, 1972, moderate cover wear/creasing, pages lightly toned, a good firm copy. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY: The Museum of Modern Art, (1966).
Description: -Small quarto, tan cloth titled in black, in dw. Very lightly bumped; dw spotted with the edges of the front panel slightly darkened. 54 & [2] pp. B&W illustrations, including stills from von Sternberg's films. Near fine in a very good dw. First edition. read more
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