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Author Denby, David, 1943-

Title Do the movies have a future? / David Denby.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.

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Location Call No. Status
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  791.43 DEN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  791.4309 DE    Check Shelf
Edition First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
Description xiii, 347 pages ; 25 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents Preface -- Introduction: the way we live now -- Trends. Conglomerate aesthetics: notes on the disintegration of film language -- Pirates on the iPod: the soul of a new screen -- Spectacle: The passion of the Christ, Avatar, endless summer -- digital all the time -- Independent glories. Capturing the Friedmans, Sideways, Capote, The squid and the whale, The diving bell and the butterfly, There will be blood, The hurt locker, Winter's bone -- Stars. Enduring Joan Crawford -- Fallen idols: movie stars today -- Genres. High school movies -- Chick flicks -- Romantic comedy gets knocked up: the slacker-striver comedy -- Directors. Otto Preminger -- Victor Fleming -- Pedro Almodóvar -- Clint Eastwood -- The Coen Brothers -- Quentin Tarantino -- David Fincher and The social network -- Two critics. James Agee -- Pauline Kael -- An opening to the future? Mumblecore -- Terrence Malick's insufferable masterpiece -- Rise of the planet of the apes.
Subject Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Motion picture industry -- Technological innovations.
Film criticism -- United States.
ISBN 9781416599470 hardcover
1416599479 hardcover
9781416599487 paperback
1416599487 paperback
9781439110096 (ebook)
1439110093 (ebook)
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