Do the movies have a future? / David Denby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Denby, David, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--United States--History--21st century.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.

Film criticism.

Motion picture industry--Technological innovations.

Motion picture industry.

History.

United States.

Film criticism--United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 347 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.

Summary:

In the second decade of the twenty-first century, the movies, once America's primary popular art form, have become an endangered species. Do the Movies Have a Future? is a rousing and witty call to arms. In these sharp and engaging essays and reviews, New Yorker movie critic David Denby weighs in on the frenzied, weightless action spectacles that dominate the world's attention and celebrates the films that re-affirm the importance of the-movies in our national conversation. He assesses the triumphs and failures of legendary auteurs, examines the changing nature of stardom, and re-creates the excitement of reading film's finest critics. Wry, passionate, and incisive, Do the Movies Have a Future? is an essential guide for movie-lovers looking for ammunition and hope. Book jacket.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction: the way we live now

Trends. Conglomerate aesthetics: notes on the disintegration of film language

Pirates on the iPod: the soul of a new screen

Spectacle: The passion of the Christ, Avatar, endless summer

digital all the time

Independent glories. Capturing the Friedmans, Sideways, Capote, The squid and the whale, The diving bell and the butterfly, There will be blood, The hurt locker, Winter's bone

Stars. Enduring Joan Crawford

Fallen idols: movie stars today

Genres. High school movies

Chick flicks

Romantic comedy gets knocked up: the slacker-striver comedy

Directors. Otto Preminger

Victor Fleming

Pedro Almodóvar

Clint Eastwood

The Coen Brothers

Quentin Tarantino

David Fincher and The social network

Two critics. James Agee

Pauline Kael

An opening to the future? Mumblecore

Terrence Malick's insufferable masterpiece

Rise of the planet of the apes.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1416599479

9781416599470

9781416599487

1416599487

OCLC:

771057416

Publisher Number:

99951617427