Now Playing at the Valencia
Subtitle: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Essays on Movies
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Published: October 25, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780743261258
Subjects: Reviews; Performing Arts/Dance; Film Criticism; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; Essays; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Performing Arts / General; Motion pictures
Description: "In Now Playing at the Valencia, the author of such bestselling novels as Havana and Pale Horse Coming has compiled his favorite movie reviews written between 1997 and 2003, bringing to the discussion the passionate feelings for cinema he discovered in the '50s, a time when genres were forming, mesmerizing stars played unforgettable characters, and enduring classics were made. While filmmaking has changed tremendously since Hunter first frequented the Valencia, the view from the fifteenth row, and the thrill of down and dirty entertainment, has remained the same."--Jacket.