How to Watch a Movie
By David Thomson
By David Thomson
By David Thomson
By David Thomson
Category: Movies & TV | Performing Arts
Category: Movies & TV | Performing Arts
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$16.95
Jan 24, 2017 | ISBN 9781101910849
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Nov 03, 2015 | ISBN 9781101875407
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Praise
“Your everyman guide to cinema. . . . Heady but practical.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“A love story. . . . A book that will get you thinking about the magic of film.” —NPR
“David Thomson’s love affair with the movies is one of the great blessings of our culture. How to Watch a Movie confirms yet again that he has the most learned and independent eyes in the criticism business. Somehow he freshens everything.” —Leon Wieseltier
“Chatty and authoritative. . . . Both wonderfully informative and a beautifully written paean to the movies and their continuing ability to inspire and enthrall.” —The Sunday Times (London)
“Easygoing, essayistic. . . . This isn’t an academic manual or Movies for Dummies. You read Thomson for contact with an urbane and provocative intelligence.” —The Washington Post
Table Of Contents
1 Are We Having Fun?
2 Screens
3 Alone Together?
4 See It Once, Watch It Twice?
5 Watching and Seeing
6 What Is Cinematic Information?
7 What Is a Shot?
8 What Is a Cut, and Does It Hurt?
9 What Do You Hear?
10 What Is a Story, and Does It Matter?
11 Who Makes These Movies?
12 What Does a Hero Do?
13 Can You See the Money?
14 The Document and the Dream
15 Where Is the Screen?
Acknowledgments
Index
21 Books You’ve Been Meaning to Read
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