Moments that made the movies / David Thomson.

Author
Thomson, David, 1941- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York, NY : Thames & Hudson, 2013.
Description
303 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Availability

Copies in the Library

Location Call Number Status Location Service Notes
Firestone Library - Stacks PN1995 .T463 2013 Browse related items Request

    Details

    Subject(s)
    Library of Congress genre(s)
    Summary note
    Film scholar David Thomson focuses in on a series of moments-- which his readers will also experience in beautifully reproduced imagery-- from 72 films across a 100-year-plus span. Moments takes readers on an unprecedented visual tour, where the specifics of the imagery the reader is seeing are inextricably tied to the text. Thomson's moments range from a set of Eadweard Muybridge's pioneering photographs to sequences in films from the classic-- Citizen Kane, Sunset Boulevard, The Red Shoes-- to the unexpected-- The Piano Teacher, Burn After Reading. The excitement of the book's dynamic visuals will be matched only by the discussion it incites in film circles, as readers revisit their own list of memorable moments and then re-experience the films-- both those included on Thomson's list and from their own life-- as never before.--From publisher description.
    Notes
    Includes index.
    Contents
    Introduction One Woman Standing, Another Sitting And Crossing Legs The Passion Of Joan Of Arc Sunrise Pandora's Box Morocco M 20,000 Years In Sing Sing Oodsworth Bringing Up Baby Gone With The Wind The Shop Around The Corner The Letter Citizen Kane The Lady Eve Casablanca Laura Meet Me In St. Louis The Big Sleep The Red Shoes The Third Man White Heat Sunset BLVD The River A Place In The Sun Strangers On A Train Tokyo Story The Band Wagon A Star Is Born Sansho The Bailiff Lola Montes The Night Of The Hunter The Searchers Sweet Smell Of Success Touch Of Evil Anatomy Of A Murder North By Northwest Hiroshima Mon Amour Psycho Jules And Jim The Exterminating Angel Vivre Sa Vie L'Eclisse/ The Eclipse Pierrot Le Fou Mickey One Blow-Up Point Blank Bonnie And Clyde The Conformist Klute The King Of Marvin Gardens The Godfather Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid Don't Look Now Celine And Julie Go Boating Chinatown The Passenger Taxi Driver The Shining The Right Stuff Blue Velvet When Harry Met Sally Hoffa One False Move Heat The Piano Teacher In The Cut Birth A History Of Violence Infamous Zodiac Burn After Reading Still Photograph, Vancouver.
    ISBN
    • 9780500516416 :
    • 0500516413
    LCCN
    2012952804
    OCLC
    829988806
    Statement on language in description
    Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...
    Other views
    Staff view

    Supplementary Information

    Other versions