The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
-
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
By David ThomsonBarry Levinson director with a true fondness for players. Amidall its virtues, it was less evident that Diner lacked a pressing reason for being. It was about life, passing time, and plain, friendly places—none of which gets overdone in ...
-
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Completely Updated and Expanded
By David Thomson1943: Goupi Mains-Rouges. ... Bork:-r was :1 llllllltlllt-', Ul). ... He withdrew from L'Or du Cristobal, his first feature, as war began, but managed to work during the war and came to notice with the rural film, Goupi Mains-Rouges.
-
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
By David ThomsonGilliam Armstrong); Rush Hour (98, Brett Ratner); Shakespeare in Love (98, John Madden); Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (99, Paul Cox), Ride with the Devil (99, Ang Lee). He plainly enjoyed doing Cornwallis ...
-
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Sixth Edition
By David ThomsonBut he branched out in odd ways– The Newton Boys was a real-life crime spree (it was Slacker meets Bonnie and Clyde), Wakin Life was the start of ro pe animation, an then there were Before Sunrise and—ten years later—Before Sunset.
-
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
By David ThomsonHere is a great, rare book, one that encompasses the chaos of art, entertainment, money, vulgarity, and nonsense that we call the movies.
-
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
By David ThomsonFor twenty-five years, David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary of Film has been not merely “the finest reference book ever written about movies” (Graham Fuller, Interview), not merely the “desert island book”...