Not to be missed : 54 favorites from a lifetime of film / Kenneth Turan ; Jack Lenzo, book design.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turan, Kenneth, author.

Contributor:

Lenzo, Jack, book designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The images and memories that matter most are those that are unshakeable, unforgettable. Kenneth Turan's fifty-four favorite films embrace a century of the world's most satisfying romances and funniest comedies, the most heart-stopping dramas and chilling thrillers.Turan discovered film as a child left undisturbed to watch Million Dollar Movie on WOR-TV Channel 9 in New York, a daily showcase for older Hollywood features. It was then that he developed a love of cinema that never left him and honed his eye for the most acute details and the grandest of scenes.Not t

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; IN THE BEGINNING; Introduction; FANTÔMAS; SILENT COMEDY DOUBLE FEATURE; SHERLOCK JR.; PASS THE GRAVY; THE THIRTIES; Introduction; I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG; BOMBSHELL; THE DYBBUK; LEO MCCAREY DOUBLE FEATURE; MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW; LOVE AFFAIR; THE FORTIES; Introduction; PRIDE AND PREJUDICE; ERNST LUBITSCH DOUBLE FEATURE; THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER; TO BE OR NOT TO BE; THE LADY EVE; STRAWBERRY BLONDE; CASABLANCA; RANDOM HARVEST; CHILDREN OF PARADISE; GREAT EXPECTATIONS; BICYCLE THIEVES; THE THIRD MAN; THE FIFTIES; Introduction; ALL ABOUT EVE; THE ASPHALT JUNGLE

SUNSET BOULEVARDCASQUE D'OR; THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST; SINGIN' IN THE RAIN; The earrings of MadaMe de . . .; SEVEN SAMURAI; KISS ME DEADLY; SEVEN MEN FROM NOW; SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS; VERTIGO; THE SIXTIES; Introduction; THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALENCE; THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW; POINT BLANK; LE SAMOURAÏ; KES; THE SEVENTIES; Introduction; THE GODFATHER; CHINATOWN; THE EIGHTIES; Introduction; THE DAY AFTER TRINITY; FIRST CONTACT; DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES; THE NINETIES; Introduction; HOWARDS END; LEOLO; UNFORGIVEN; THE NEW CENTURY; Introduction; SPIRITED AWAY

THE BEST OF YOUTHTHE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS; DOCUMENTARY DOUBLE FEATURE; STRANDED; SENNA; A PROPHET; OF GODS AND MEN; FOOTNOTE; ORSON WELLES DOUBLE FEATURE; Introduction; TOUCH OF EVIL; CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT; THE FIFTY-FIFTH FILM; A SECOND FIFTY-FOUR; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61039-631-6

1-4945-0465-0

1-61039-367-8