TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thomson,David
TI  - The big screen: the story of the movies 
SN  - 0374191891 : HRD
AV  - PN1993.5.U6 T463 2012
U1  - 791.430973 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - History
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -