How to watch a movie
By: David Thomson
Publisher: Profile Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781781250433; 9781847658838
Subjects: Motion pictures; Social aspects
Description: You've been watching movies for most of your life. But often you're not quite sure what you think, or why. Should you see a movie in company or alone? How many times can you see it? What's the difference between watching and seeing? What is a shot, and what is a cut? Are we watching people, characters or actors - or is it all of them at the same time? Now David Thomson has written a primer with the answers. He refers to many films, and many of them are models for moviegoing. This book is deeply informed and often comic and, with asides on subjects from Velazquez's 'Las Meninas' to taking a photograph of someone you love, it is a reminder that seeing isn't just for the dark - it is our essential link with life.
Notes: Includes index.