Richard Schickel

Keepers

The Greatest Films--And Personal Favorites--Of a Moviegoing Lifetime

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Produktbeschreibung

After six decades of writing about film, acclaimed critic Richard Schickel generously shares Keepers, a history of film as he's seen and lived it. Here is a tour of his favorites from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Pulp Fiction, and a master class in what makes a film soar or flop. Schickel reminds us of the subjective art of film criticism, highlighting above all the true gems, the immortal moments of transcendent "movie magic"-the scenes, characters, lines, shots, scores, and even lighting cues-that have stuck with him over a lifetime of movie-watching. Buster Keaton, His Girl Friday, Ingrid Bergman, Taxi Driver, Star Wars, Stanley Kubrick-Schickel reveals all the films and the forces behind them that have kept him coming back for more.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Random House UK
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 134mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 233g
• ISBN-13: 9780307277879
• ISBN-10: 0307277879
• Artikelnr.: 44467822

Autorenporträt

Richard Schickel is a film critic, documentary filmmaker, and movie historian. His books include Conversations with Scorsese; Clint Eastwood: A Biography; Intimate Strangers: The Culture of Celebrity in America; and D. W. Griffith: An American Life. His documentaries include Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin; Woody Allen: A Life in Film; and Shooting War, about combat cameramen in World War II. He has held a Guggenheim Fellowship and was awarded the British Film Institute Book Prize, the Maurice Bessy Prize for film criticism, and the William K. Everson Award for his work in film history.