I found it at the movies : reflections of a cinephile / Philip French.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

French, Philip.

Series:

Carcanet film

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Reviews.

Motion pictures.

Genre:

Reviews.

Physical Description:

292 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Carcanet, 2011.

Summary:

For nearly half a century Philip French's writing on cinema has been essential reading for filmgoers, cinephiles and anyone who enjoys witty, intelligent engagement with the big screen. I Found It at the Movies collects some of the best of Philip French's film writing from 1964 to 2009. Its subjects are as various, entertaining and challenging as cinema itself: Kurosawa and the Addams family; Satyajit Ray and Doris Day; from Hollywood and the Holocaust to British cinema and postage stamps. I Found It at the Movies is an illuminating companion to the world of the cinema.

I Found It at the Movies is the first of three collections of Philip French's writings on film and culture. Book jacket.

Contents:

My Mentor (2001) 1

The Right Kind of Englishman (1964) 5

Violence in the Cinema (1965) 18

The Alphaville of Admass. Or, How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Boom (1966) 34

Goodbye to All What? On Giving Up Film Criticism (1966) 49

All the Better Books (1967) 58

Incitement against Violence. The American Crime Film (1968) 67

LA: City of Dreadful Joy (1971) 84

Cops (1974) 87

Modest Mogul of Ealing. On Michael Balcon (1969) 95

Clean Fun, Please, We're British. On Ealing Studios (1977) 98

Film Choice: The Lady Vanishes (1980) 102

Doris Day: The Girl Next Door (1980) 107

A French Love Affair. On Henri Langlois (1983) 109

Alfred Hitchcock: The Filmmaker as Englishman and Exile (1985) 112

British Cinema and the Post Office (1985) 129

The Drive-In Critic (1989) 132

Welles Reinstated (1990) 135

Satyajit Ray at 70 (1991) 136

This Is the Special Edition (1991) 140

Sniping at the Front Line. Film Critics Collected and Recollected (1991) 147

The Value of Preying Together. Charles Addams and his Family (1993) 155

A Streak of Malice. Graham Greene and the Movies (1994) 160

The Miner in the Arts (1994) 166

Hollywood and the Holocaust (1994) 171

Lindsay Anderson. An Obituary (1994) 177

O Unhappy Man (2000) 180

And Here's One They Made Earlier. On Film References (1994) 183

Venice as Backdrop (1994) 187

Brothers in the Big House. Prison Movies (1995) 192

Losing It to the Movies. Seventy Years of the New Yorker (1995) 197

Dilys Powell. An Obituary (1995) 201

On Film Criticism (1995) 204

The Spanish Civil War (1995) 208

Sport in Movies. From Johnny Weissmüller to Vinnie Jones (1996) 213

Explosive Moments. Bombs in Movies (1997) 216

Film Endings (1997) 218

The Ring Cycle. Boxers in Movies (1998) 220

Extra Extra! Hollywood's Blood Money (1998) 223

The Designer as Auteur. Ken Adam (1999) 225

The Critics' Century 1900-2000 (1999) 229

'Without Fritz There'd Be No Star Wars'. On Fritz Lang (2000) 233

The Two Samurai. Kurosawa and Mifune (2002) 237

The Man Who Shot America. On John Ford (2002) 241

Barbed Wire Valentine. Anderson on Ford (1981) 245

The Manhattan Projection. New York in the Movies (2002) 248

From Fear to Modernity. Film Noir (2006) 251

The Cold War and the American Cinema (2008) 257

Victor Fleming: Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz (2009) 276.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1847771297

9781847771292

OCLC:

696087353

Publisher Number:

99944664882