Greatest Movies Ever Revised and Up-to-Date: The Ultimate Ranked List of the 101 Best Films of All Time
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (571 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1579128904 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 324 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorGail Kinn has conceived and edited a wide range of film books, including Screwball: The Great Romantic Comedies, Hollywood at Home: The Photographs of Sid Avery, and The Scorsese Picture. . She lives in New York City
Sloppy and inaccurate Matriplex If you buy a book called "The Greatest Movies Ever" you are inevitably going to disagree with the author's choices. That's part of the fun. Still, I expect a book about loving movies not to make such stupid and obvious mistakes about the movies the author claims to love. Under "Annie Hall" the author makes a painfully stupid mistake--confusing Tony Roberts' character in "Annie Hall" with his character in "Play It Again, Sam". In the "Bonnie and Clyde" entry, the author refers to CW Moss . Why is My Favorite Movie Included? It Would be Nice to Know. Book Trope 9 The book represents a stellar idea, but it's executed very poorly. The authors' definition of "Greatness" is too vague. Worse, each entry in their list isn't given a reason for its inclusion. Several pages are devoted to each entry in the list, but the authors give only a paragraph discussing the overall merits of each movie. And since they like every movie on their list (of course), there's no clear reason why, for example, Double Indemnity lands at #22, while The Maltese Falcon is way . James Looman said Not what I hoped for, but. I have very mixed feelings about this book. What I found interesting and why I bought it is they list 10 other top 100ish lists that the films chosen were also on. I thought they had complied those ten different lists together to find a general consensus. However after looking closer at the book several of these 10 lists were not mentioned with some of the films. Even looking at these 10 top lists the Sight and Sound decade polls wasn’t mentioned which I would consider one of the m
. She lives in New York City. Gail Kinn has conceived and edited a wide range of film books, including Screwball: The Great Romantic Comedies, Hollywood at Home: The Photographs of Sid Avery, and The Scorsese Picture
Kinn and Piazza offer smart, insightful, and often hilarious commentary for each film as well as cast lists, plot synopses, a tribute to their favorite scene, biographies of the director and key actors, award nominations and wins, behind-the-scene anecdotes, quotes from critics, and more.. Fully updated for the paperback edition with new films.From The Godfather (#1) to Groundhog's Day (#101) The Greatest Movies Ever is fun and controversial ranking of the greatest movies of all time, as selected by film critics Gail Kinn and Jim Piazza and including comedies, dramas, musicals, romances, and action films compiled from 80 years of movie making and from all around the world. The 101 greatest movies of all time ranked and critiqued. The list includes such classics as Citizen Kane, North by Northwest, and Schindler's List; international films such as The 400 Blows and Roshomon; as well as more recent films including Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and Slumdog Millionaire