BEFORE MY EYES: FILM CRITICISM AND COMMENT

New York City, NY: Harper & Row, 1980. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Harper & Row, 1980. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 464 pages. Landmark collection of film criticism. Regarded by no less than Lionel Trilling as the author's finest achievement. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Stanley Kauffmann's "Before My Eyes: Film Criticism And Comment". A "touchstone" retrospective volume from the Second Golden Age of cinema and film criticism. It is ever thus: A brief and brilliant moment in the medium's first century, destined never to happen again, is captured in succinct and eloquent prose in order to remind us what the great films were (are) in our age of mediocre streaming channels. "There is the precision and concise phrasing of Kauffmann's writing. Reveals the great critic's sense of cultural mission by showing how he applies to film the same high, exacting standards a critic would apply to fiction, poetry, music, or theater. Expressed in his finely honed gift for cogent, witty, and wise commentary" (Bert Cardullo) . An absolute "must-have" title for Stanley Kauffmann collectors. This title is a great collection. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. We have not seen a more beautiful copy of this book, which we snap up whenever a fine copy turns up. Please note: Copies available online have very serious flaws or are subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. One of the greatest film critics of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER STANLEY KAUFFMANN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0060122986.