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The essentials. Vol. 2 : 52 more must-see movies and why they matter / Jeremy Arnold.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Turner classic moviesPublisher: Philadelphia : Running Press, 2020Edition: First EditionDescription: 311 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780762469390
  • 0762469390
Other title:
  • 52 more must-see movies
  • Fifty two more must-see movies
Subject(s):
Contents:
Sunrise (1927) -- Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) -- Freaks (1932) -- Gold diggers of 1933 (1933) -- Twentieth century (1934) -- Top hat (1935) -- Mutiny of the bounty (1935) -- Dodsworth (1936) -- The awful truth (1937) -- The adventures of Robin Hood (1938) -- Stagecoach (1939) -- The women (1939) -- The great dictator (1940) -- The Philadelphia story (1940) -- The Matlese falcon (1941) -- Ball of fire (1941) -- Sullivan's travels (1942) -- Yankee doodle dandy (1942) -- Cat people (1942) -- Laura (1944) -- Mildred Pierce (1945) -- Brief encounter (1945) -- Notorious (1946) -- The ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) -- The treasure of the Sierra Madre ( 1948) -- The asphalt jungle (1950) -- Rashomon (1950) -- A place in the sun (1951) -- An American in Paris (1951) -- The quiet man (1952) -- High noon (1952) -- Kiss me deadly (1955) -- The night of the hunter (1955) -- Pather Panchali (1955) -- Rebel without a cause (1955) -- A face in the crowd (1957) -- Sweet smell of success (1957) -- The bridge on the River Kwai (1957) -- Vertigo (1958) -- Pillow talk (1959) -- The apartment (1960) -- Psycho (1960) -- Ride the high country (1962) -- The Battle of Algiers (11966) -- The producers (1967) -- 2001: a space odyssey (1968) -- The sting (1973) -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest (1975) -- Harlan County U.S.A. (1976) -- Network (1977) -- Hannah and her sisters (1986) -- Field of dreams (1989).
Summary: A guide to fifty-two examples of must-see cinema, The Essentials Vol. 2 -- based on the Turner Classic Movies series -- is packed with behind-the-scenes stories, illuminating commentary, moments to watch for, and hundreds of photos spotlighting films that define what it means to be a classic.
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A guide to fifty-two examples of must-see cinema, The Essentials Vol. 2 -- based on the Turner Classic Movies series -- is packed with behind-the-scenes stories, illuminating commentary, moments to watch for, and hundreds of photos spotlighting films that define what it means to be a classic.

Since 2001, Turner Classic Movies' The Essentials has been the ultimate destination for cinephiles both established and new, showcasing films that have had a lasting impact on audiences and filmmakers everywhere. In this second volume based on the series, fifty-two films are profiled with insightful notes on why they're Essential, a guide to must-see moments, and running commentary from Essentials hosts past and present: TCM's Ben Mankiewicz and the late Robert Osborne, as well as Rob Reiner, Sydney Pollack, Molly Haskell, Carrie Fisher, Rose McGowan, Alec Baldwin, Drew Barrymore, Sally Field, William Friedkin, Ava DuVernay, and Brad Bird.

Enjoy one film per week for a year of stellar viewing or indulge in your own classic movie festival. Spanning the silent era through the late 1980s with such diverse films as Top Hat , Brief Encounter , Rashomon , Vertigo , and Field of Dreams , it's an indispensable book for movie lovers to expand their knowledge of cinema and discover -- or revisit -- landmark films that impacted Hollywood forever.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Sunrise (1927) -- Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) -- Freaks (1932) -- Gold diggers of 1933 (1933) -- Twentieth century (1934) -- Top hat (1935) -- Mutiny of the bounty (1935) -- Dodsworth (1936) -- The awful truth (1937) -- The adventures of Robin Hood (1938) -- Stagecoach (1939) -- The women (1939) -- The great dictator (1940) -- The Philadelphia story (1940) -- The Matlese falcon (1941) -- Ball of fire (1941) -- Sullivan's travels (1942) -- Yankee doodle dandy (1942) -- Cat people (1942) -- Laura (1944) -- Mildred Pierce (1945) -- Brief encounter (1945) -- Notorious (1946) -- The ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) -- The treasure of the Sierra Madre ( 1948) -- The asphalt jungle (1950) -- Rashomon (1950) -- A place in the sun (1951) -- An American in Paris (1951) -- The quiet man (1952) -- High noon (1952) -- Kiss me deadly (1955) -- The night of the hunter (1955) -- Pather Panchali (1955) -- Rebel without a cause (1955) -- A face in the crowd (1957) -- Sweet smell of success (1957) -- The bridge on the River Kwai (1957) -- Vertigo (1958) -- Pillow talk (1959) -- The apartment (1960) -- Psycho (1960) -- Ride the high country (1962) -- The Battle of Algiers (11966) -- The producers (1967) -- 2001: a space odyssey (1968) -- The sting (1973) -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest (1975) -- Harlan County U.S.A. (1976) -- Network (1977) -- Hannah and her sisters (1986) -- Field of dreams (1989).

A guide to fifty-two examples of must-see cinema, The Essentials Vol. 2 -- based on the Turner Classic Movies series -- is packed with behind-the-scenes stories, illuminating commentary, moments to watch for, and hundreds of photos spotlighting films that define what it means to be a classic.

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