Major Film Quick Reference Manual (2003 Upgrade) (2003 Upgrade)

Author: Lier
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: A vital component of contemporary film history, this book presents the colorful aspects of contemporary cinema through exquisite and rich images, elegant and concise text, and detailed, intuitive, accurate, and quick forms. It offers a fresh perspective, granting you authoritative insights and unique tastes in interpreting contemporary film art. Great films can bring emotional shocks, spiritual intoxication, and a revolution of imagination. Great films can become topics of conversation among people and a form of self-reflection in solitude. Great films can even change a person's life. This book provides a possibility for you to approach "great films." It selects 246 great works and 175 outstanding filmmakers since 1951 with expert eyes, all of which have been favored by the Oscars and the three major international film festivals: Cannes, Berlin, and Venice.