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A dual history of American movies and movie reviews evaluates how the nation's films have both fostered new ways of seeing the world and spawned an extraordinary body of critical writing, in a collection of essays that includes contributions by such figures as James Agee, Ralph Ellison, and Roger Ebert.
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From Birth of a Nation to Sideways, 90 years of great writing that shaped how we think about the movies.
"This provocative collection provides not only dozens of colorful close-ups of iconic movies but also a vivid panorama of modern times." A. SCOTT BERG
"An on-the-spot history of the coming into being of a new narrative medium. The arc of this story, as traced by Phillip Lopate, is thrilling." JONATHAN LETHEM
"With his deep knowledge of the medium, Phillip Lopate provides a tour of a century of film and the splendid writing it has inspired. Lopate, a gifted essayist, is an ideal guide to these riches." ROGER EBERT
"Few books published this season will prove more absorbing." THE ATLANTIC
"This provocative collection provides not only dozens of colorful close-ups of iconic movies but also a vivid panorama of modern times." A. SCOTT BERG
"An on-the-spot history of the coming into being of a new narrative medium. The arc of this story, as traced by Phillip Lopate, is thrilling." JONATHAN LETHEM
"With his deep knowledge of the medium, Phillip Lopate provides a tour of a century of film and the splendid writing it has inspired. Lopate, a gifted essayist, is an ideal guide to these riches." ROGER EBERT
"Few books published this season will prove more absorbing." THE ATLANTIC
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- PublisherLibrary of America
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1931082928
- ISBN 13 9781931082921
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- Edition number1
- Number of pages825
- EditorLopate Phillip
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