The big screen : the story of the movies /
Thomson, David, 1941-
The big screen : the story of the movies / David Thomson. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. - viii, 595 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: Let there be light -- Pt. 1: The shining light and the huddled masses. A cheap form of amusement ; The era of Sunrise ; The cinema of winter ; M ; State film, film state ; The extraordinary adventures of Mr. Bolshevik in the West ; 1930s Hollywood ; France ; Renoir ; American ; Ambersons ; Howard Hawks : the "Slim" years ; Films were started ; Brief encounter ; War ; Italian cinema ; Ingrid sees a movie ; Sing a noir song -- Pt. 2: Sunset and change -- Pt. 3: Film studies -- Pt. 4: Dread and desire. Dread and desire ; To own the summer ; Brave new northern California world ; What is a director? ; Silence of Sinatra? ; The numbers and the numbness -- Epilogue: I wake up screening.
Traces the rise, decline and influence of the film industry on the modern world, assessing its expressions in multiple media, its capacity for imitating and idealizing life, and its role in the lives of everyday viewers.
0374191891 : HRD $35.00 9780374191894 (alk. paper)
Farrar Straus & Giroux, C/O Mps 16365 James Madison Hwy, Gordonsville, VA, USA, 22942, (540)6727600 SAN 631-5011
2012009140
Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.
Motion pictures--History.--United States
PN1993.5.U6 / T463 2012
791.430973
The big screen : the story of the movies / David Thomson. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. - viii, 595 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: Let there be light -- Pt. 1: The shining light and the huddled masses. A cheap form of amusement ; The era of Sunrise ; The cinema of winter ; M ; State film, film state ; The extraordinary adventures of Mr. Bolshevik in the West ; 1930s Hollywood ; France ; Renoir ; American ; Ambersons ; Howard Hawks : the "Slim" years ; Films were started ; Brief encounter ; War ; Italian cinema ; Ingrid sees a movie ; Sing a noir song -- Pt. 2: Sunset and change -- Pt. 3: Film studies -- Pt. 4: Dread and desire. Dread and desire ; To own the summer ; Brave new northern California world ; What is a director? ; Silence of Sinatra? ; The numbers and the numbness -- Epilogue: I wake up screening.
Traces the rise, decline and influence of the film industry on the modern world, assessing its expressions in multiple media, its capacity for imitating and idealizing life, and its role in the lives of everyday viewers.
0374191891 : HRD $35.00 9780374191894 (alk. paper)
Farrar Straus & Giroux, C/O Mps 16365 James Madison Hwy, Gordonsville, VA, USA, 22942, (540)6727600 SAN 631-5011
2012009140
Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.
Motion pictures--History.--United States
PN1993.5.U6 / T463 2012
791.430973