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Beyond Popcorn: A Critic's Guide to Looking at Film Paperback - 2001
by Glatzer, Robert
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- Title Beyond Popcorn: A Critic's Guide to Looking at Film
- Author Glatzer, Robert
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 168
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Eastern Washington University Press, Spokane, Washington, U.S.A.
- Date 2001
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # G091005570XI3N00
- ISBN 9780910055703 / 091005570X
- Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.98 x 6.01 x 0.5 in (22.81 x 15.27 x 1.27 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Motion pictures, Film criticism
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00067745
- Dewey Decimal Code 791.430
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From the rear cover
The book has chapters on how a director directs, on styles of comedy, on musicals, and even what all the credits mean. Glatzer analyzes a number of important films, helping readers understand the key elements of writing, directing and acting. This book will make readers into better critics of the films they see. There's even a list and description of what he calls "all the films you have to see before you die".
A partial list of chapters:
-- How a critic's brain works.
-- The difference between acting and acting in films.
-- Deciding where the camera goes.
-- What we learn from Buster Keaton.
-- Why we cry at the movies.
-- What all the other Oscars are about.
-- The greatest films of all time.
Media reviews
Citations
- Library Journal, 06/15/2001, Page 75
- Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2001, Page 223