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Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1995. ix, 337 pages; 24 cm. Good+. A little underlining on half a dozen pages. "Jonathan Rosenbaum, longtime contributor to such publications as Film Quarterly, Sight and Sound, and The Village Voice, is arguably the most eloquent, insightful film critic writing in America today. Placing Movies, the first collection of his work, gathers together thirty of his most distinctive and illuminating pieces. Written over a span of twenty-one years, these essays cover an extraordinarily broad range of films--from Hollywood blockbusters to foreign art movies to experimental cinema. They include not just reviews but perceptive commentary on directors, actors, and trends and thoughtful analysis of the practice of film criticism. It is this last element--Rosenbaum's reflections on the art of film criticism--that sets this collection apart from other volumes of film writing. Both in the essays themselves and in the section introductions, Rosenbaum provides a…
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"Once or twice a generation a film critic comes along who expands or even redefines how we talk about the medium. Jonathan Rosenbaum is one of these figures."--Alan Williams, author of Republic of Images
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- Title Placing Movies
- Author Rosenbaum, Jonathan
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Paper Editio
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- Pages 348
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
- Date 1995-05-10
- Features Bibliography, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0520086333-11-1
- ISBN 9780520086333 / 0520086333
- Weight 1.11 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 9.09 x 5.98 x 0.87 in (23.09 x 15.19 x 2.21 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Motion pictures - Reviews, Film criticism
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93042954
- Dewey Decimal Code 791.437
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