| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 404 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"A William Abrahams book." |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Silliness -- Time-warp movies -- Hysterics -- Anybody home? -- Framed -- Sex and politics -- A bad dream/a masterpiece -- On golden swamp -- The sevens -- Image makers -- Hair -- The perfectionist -- Retro retro -- A De Palma movie for people who don't like De Palma movies -- Busybody -- Vanity, vainglory, and lowlife -- Vulgarians and ascetics -- Comedy, epic, sitcom -- The women -- King candy -- Hugh Hudson of the apes -- Circus -- Exaltation/escapism -- Smaller than life -- The candidate -- A breeze, a bawd, a bounty -- The pop junkpile -- Sneaks, ogres, and the D.T.S. -- Ethnics -- The woman question -- The charismatic half-and-halfs -- Roger & Edwina, Sheena, and Uncle Jean -- Tight little thriller -- Mirrors -- Mozart and Bizet -- Faked out, cooled out, bummed out -- Three cheers -- Unreal -- David and Goliath -- Fever dream/echo chamber -- Unloos'd dreams -- Lovers and fools -- Schoolboys -- Plain and simple -- Golden kimonos -- Charmer -- Coddled -- Passion -- The muddle ages -- Tidal -- Slaphappy and not so happy -- Extremes -- Ripeness. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Reviews.
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| ISBN |
0525243690 |
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0525481869 paperback |
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