Peter Bogdanovich's Movie of the Week: 52 Classic Films for One Full Year - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Ballantine BooksISBN-13:9780345432056ISBN-10:345432053UPC:9780345432056Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:FilmBook Topic:Guides & Reviews, History & Criticism, ReferenceSize:8.62 x 5.58 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SC24Z5Z7W6
A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO A YEAR'S WORTH OF MUST-SEE FILMS Director, producer, screenwriter, author, actor, and film critic, Peter Bogdanovich knows movies. Now, in this unique new book, he shares his passion with a connoisseur's insight and delight by inviting the reader to join him for a year at the movies--fifty-two weeks, fifty-two films, fifty-two reasons to watch. Which films does Peter Bogdanovich call . . . "The most hauntingly chilling, strangely prophetic science-fiction picture ever made."
(You'll be treated to it on Halloween) "A scintillatingly directed comedy."
(Discover it with someone you love on Valentine's Day) "A bittersweet human comedy of vintage genius that] only becomes more precious as the years pass."
(Ringing in the New Year with it is reason enough to celebrate) With recommendations specific to the seasons and holidays--from sparkling comedies, timeless musicals, landmark foreign films, powerful dramas and thrillers to legendary masterpieces and neglected treasures--Bogdanovich's eclectic cinematic calendar of classics, each available on video, each accompanied by an illuminating essay, and each followed by a list of tie-in recommendations, makes the perfect date for movielovers every week of the year.
(You'll be treated to it on Halloween) "A scintillatingly directed comedy."
(Discover it with someone you love on Valentine's Day) "A bittersweet human comedy of vintage genius that] only becomes more precious as the years pass."
(Ringing in the New Year with it is reason enough to celebrate) With recommendations specific to the seasons and holidays--from sparkling comedies, timeless musicals, landmark foreign films, powerful dramas and thrillers to legendary masterpieces and neglected treasures--Bogdanovich's eclectic cinematic calendar of classics, each available on video, each accompanied by an illuminating essay, and each followed by a list of tie-in recommendations, makes the perfect date for movielovers every week of the year.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Ballantine BooksISBN-13:9780345432056ISBN-10:345432053UPC:9780345432056Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:FilmBook Topic:Guides & Reviews, History & Criticism, ReferenceSize:8.62 x 5.58 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SC24Z5Z7W6
Peter Bogdanovich is the author of thirteen books, including Who the Devil Made It, as well as This Is Orson Welles, The Cinema of Howard Hawks and John Ford. Bogdanovich has directed such plays as The Big Knife, Camino Real and Once in a Lifetime. His films include Targets, The Last Picture Show, What's Up, Doc?, Paper Moon and They All Laughed. His essays and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Esquire and the New York Observer.
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