The meaning of life in movies
By: Michael Lister
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Pulpwood Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Panama City, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781888146868; 9781888146875
Subjects: Motion pictures; Philosophy; History; Evaluation; Social aspects; Cinéma; Histoire; Aspect social
Description: Here's an interesting collection of essays, mixing film criticism and memoir, drawn from the author's blog, Of Font and Film. Lister has a keen eye for the way a film can make an emotional connection with its viewer. This isn't your run-of-the-mill movie-review book: with a few exceptions, you won't find Hollywood blockbusters here; Lister prefers to talk about smaller films, movies that have touched him on a personal level. Some of the essays are (mostly) traditional reviews; others take a movie and use it as a jumping-off point for a consideration of a genre as a whole (romantic comedy, for example), or for a reflection on the way the film impacted the author's own life.
Notes: Essays.