American movie critics : an anthology from the silents until now / edited by Phillip Lopate.
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TextPublication details: New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade by Penguin Putnam, c2006.Description: xxvii, 720 p. ; 25 cmISBN: - 1931082928 (alk. paper)
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Main Library | NonFiction | 791.4375 A512 | Available | 33111002882492 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Some of today's greatest film critics and notable American writers weigh in on a range of cinematic experiences, from Carl Sandburg writing on the classic silent film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" to Richard Shickel on the cult of Greta Garbo.
Includes bibliographical references.
Pioneers: the silent era and the transition to sound -- Masters and moonlighters: the late 1930s, World War II, and the postwar era -- The golden age of movie criticism: the 1950s through the 70s -- Reconsiderations and renegade perspectives: the 1980s to the present.