The Best Films of Our Years is an affectionate and witty traversal
of the history of the movies year-by-year by an author whose style
has been called "finely crafted" (America), "highly readable"
(Choice), and "often irreverently amusing" (Opera News). In the
1970s, when he was lecturing on film, Father Owen Lee was able to
speak with and learn from such movie people as Pauline Kael, Robert
Altman, Francis Ford Coppola, and Roberto Rossellini. In this book
he provides thumbnail reviews of ten -- arguably the best ten --
movies of each year from 1935 (when he began his movie going) to
the present. There is a preliminary section commenting on fifty
important films that preceded 1935. And there is a closing section
with longer chapters on "the ten best films of all our years,"
among them Grand Illusion, Rashomon, and Lawrence of Arabia. The
book's title rings a change on William Wyler's The Best Years of
Our Lives (1946).
General
Imprint: |
Authorhouse
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2007 |
First published: |
March 2007 |
Authors: |
M. Owen Lee
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
388 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4259-9620-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
Films, cinema >
General
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LSN: |
1-4259-9620-5 |
Barcode: |
9781425996208 |
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