Movie greats
Subtitle: a critical study of classic cinema
By: Philip Gillett.
Publisher: Berg
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781845206529; 9781845206536
Subjects: Motion pictures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: So who says it's great?; title: The celluloid canon; title: The Battleship Potemkin (USSR, 1925) : the politics of the cinema; title: The 39 steps (GB, 1935) : romance on the run; title: Modern times (US, 1936) : a tramp for all seasons; title: Citizen Kane (US, 1941) : the tragedy of ambition; title: It's a wonderful life (US, 1946) : seeking the American hero; title: Black narcissus (GB, 1947) : nuns in exotic places; title: The night of the hunter (US, 1955) : return of the big bad wolf; title: Lawrence of Arabia (GB, 1962) : an Englishman in the sun; title: 8 1/2 (Italy/France, 1963) : the director as superstar; title: 2001 : a space odyssey (GB/US, 1968) : the long voyage to destiny; title: The godfather (US, 1972) : keeping it in the family; title: Raging bull (US, 1980) : the drama of the fight; title: The piano (Australia/NZ/France, 1993) : love in a rough place; title: Kill Bill: volume. 1 (US, 2003) : violence as art; title: The tarnish on the tinsel.